Northcountry Obituaries

<BODY TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#FFFFE6 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="96%" BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#004040> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:50pt;'><B>NORTH COUNTRY </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:36pt;'><B></B><B>Obituaries ~ Milestones </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="95%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" BGCOLOR=#FFFF8A > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B>We will always place Obituaries here on our website as soon as we receive them from the funeral parlor and/or family regardless of whether or not they will be in the  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B>news</B><B>paper in time for the services. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B> </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B>We do this as a service for</B><B> our local communities and their families. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B> </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B><I>Obituaries will be left on this page for approximately four months. </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B><I> </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B><I></I></B><B><I>Obituaries may be emailed to: </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B><I><A class=s1 HREF="mailto:ncnewsnh@gmail.com">ncnewsnh@gmail.com</A> </I></B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <A class=s0 HREF="http://www.rickerfh.com"><IMG SRC="web_pages_i00012d.jpg" BORDER=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Ricker Funeral Home" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=150 > </A>                              <A class=s0 HREF="http://www.edmundfournier.com"><IMG SRC="web_pages_i00012e.jpg" BORDER=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Edmund Fournier Funeral Home" WIDTH=196 HEIGHT=148 ></A> </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> </FONT><TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV class=s1>                                                       <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:13pt;'><B>Ricker Funeral Home                      Edmund Fournier Funeral Home </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s1> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:13pt;'><B>                                                Woodsville, NH                              </B><B>     North Woodstock, NH </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000000;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000000;'><A class=s0 HREF="http://www.rossfuneral.com"><IMG SRC="web_pages_i000139.gif" BORDER=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Ross Funeral Home" WIDTH=516 HEIGHT=147 ></A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> </FONT><TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:13pt;'><B>Ricker Funeral Home - Littleton, NH </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000000;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000000;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000000;'>______________________________________________________________________________________________ </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000000;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="96%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B>Richard Alton Johnson </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'><B>Warren, NH</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'> – Richard Alton Johnson, 73, died on August 19, 2010 at Concord Hospital in Concord, NH. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>He was born in Manchester, NH, on April 16, 1937, a son of Alton and Alice (Villemure) Johnson.  He was educated in Manchester, the military, and through various colleges in California.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>Richard served in the New Hampshire National Guard and had retired from the United States Marine Corps where he was a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. While in the Marine Corps he served as an Infantryman, a training NCO, a Drill Instructor, and as Assistant Brig Warden.  He was a life member and officer of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Marine Corps League, and Disabled American Veterans Association.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>Richard attended the Art Students League in New York City.  He won high honors for his art work both in New Hampshire and on the West Coast.  He was a charter member of the International Poetry Society and in Who’s Who of Poetry.  He was a charter member and founder of the Americana 1800 Adventure Club of Saugus, CA, where he also served as a National Rifle Association certified rifle, pistol, and shotgun instructor.  He also served as a hunter safety instructor with the California Department of Fish and Game.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>While living in New Hampshire, Richard was a thirteen year member of the Governor’s Independent Living Council and the state’s Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Committee.  He was a member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Board of Trustees and Chapter Services Advisory Board.  Richard also served a three year term as Selectman and three years as Road Commissioner in the Town of Warren, NH.  For several years he has authored “The Flip Side,” a column in the Northcountry News.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Rebecca J. (Young) Johnson of Warren; his son, Richard Arthur Johnson of Apple Valley, CA; his sisters, Pauline (Rivet) Woodard of Manchester, NH, Jane (Rivet) Mason of Auburn, NH, and Patricia (Rivet) Georges of Winter Haven, FL; and a number of nephews and nieces.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>A funeral service will be in the chapel of the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, NH, on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at 11 AM with Pastor Jeremy Cochran of the Wentworth Baptist Church, officiating.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter, PO Box 845945, Boston, MA 02284-5945 or to the Upper Valley Humane Society, 300 Old Route 10, Enfield, NH 03748.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>Ricker Funeral Home, Woodsville, NH is in charge of arrangements. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>For more information or to sign an online condolence please go to </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:12pt;'><A class=s2 HREF="http://www.rickerfh.com">www.rickerfh.com</A></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:14pt;'><B>Jean Paul Carlson </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'><B>Warren, NH</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'> – Jean Paul Carlson, 81, died on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, NH. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>He was born in Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 1929, the son of Paul Carl and Jennie P. (Nelson) Carlson. Jean served with the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1951 to 1953. He was a bus terminal driver in Chicago before returning to Glencliff, where he helped his father run Sky Top Apple Orchard. He loved music, especially the music from the Big Band Era, and played the drums for many years. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>He is survived by his sister Sylvia Newton of Warren, NH, two brothers, Robert Carlson of Birnamwood, WI, and Bruce Carlson and wife Sandra of Northwood, NH, along with several nieces, nephews, and cousins.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>A funeral service will be on Thursday, August 19th, at 11 AM at the Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, NH.  Family and friends are invited to a calling hour from 10 AM until the time of the service, also on Thursday before the service at 11 AM.  Burial with military honors will follow at the Glencliff, NH Village Cemetery  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Northern New England Arthritis Foundation, 257 South Union Street, Burlington, VT 05401. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>Ricker Funeral Home, Woodsville, NH is in charge of arrangements. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>For more information or to sign an online condolence please go to </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:12pt;'><A class=s2 HREF="http://www.rickerfh.com">www.rickerfh.com</A></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:12pt;'><A class=s2 HREF="http://www.rickerfh.com">www.rickerfh.com</A></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'>.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:12pt;'><A class=s2 HREF="http://www.edmundfournier.com">www.edmundfornier.com.</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2 style='margin-left: 0mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:12pt;'><A class=s2 HREF="http://www.rossfuneral.com">www.rossfuneral.com</A> </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <A class=s1 HREF="mailto:ncnewsnh@gmail.com"><IMG SRC="web_pages_i000011.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=112 HEIGHT=31 ></A> </DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:11pt;'><B><A class=s1 HREF="#an0" TARGET=_self>BACK TO TOP</A> </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B>© The Northcountry News </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B>PO Box 10, Warren, NH 03279 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B>603-764-5807 </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV>