Concord Monitor from Concord, New Hampshire • 14

CONCORD MONITOR Thursday, December 26, 1996 Obituaries Elizabeth Jones Elizabeth (Giles) Jones, 100, a former resident of White Street, died Monday at McKerley Harris Hill nursing home after a long illness. A lifelong resident of Concord, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary (Welch) Giles. She graduated from Concord High School and worked at the former Margaret Pillsbury Hospital for many years as the office manager and bookkeeper. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard K. Jones, who died in 1974.

She is survived by some cousins. Visiting hours will be held today from 7 to 9 at the Waters Funeral Home, 50 S. Main Street, Concord. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at St.

Peter's Church, 135 N. State Concord. Burial will follow 1 in Calvary Cemetery. John Harney Jr. John E.

Harney 78, of 139 School died Monday at Hospice House after a long illness. He was born in Turtle Creek, son of the late John and Hilda (Crawford) Harney. He earned his bachelor of science degree in forestry in 1943 and his master of science degree in forestry and wildlife management in 1948 from Pennsylvania State University. He was a resident of Concord since 1960. He began his 34-year career as a fish and wildlife biologist working for the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.

He retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Concord in 1982 after 24 years of service. He was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served between 1943 and 1946 in the 24th Tank Battalion 13th Ar- mored Division and was a tank commander in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns.

He served as secretary on the first Bishop Brady School Board. He was chairman of the Bishop of Brady Boosters Club, secretary the Opportunity House Advisory Board, secretary of the board of the Concord Arts and Crafts branch of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, co-chairman of the Granite State Woodcarvers for three years and an associate member of the Concord Conservation Commission. He was also a member Ski Club, the Granite State Woodcarvers and the Jim WinTerry Group. He was also a volunteer with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the Mr. Fixit Program, Hospice House, the Concord Recreation Department and the Capitol Outing Club.

He was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Mary (Droege) Harney, who died in 1993; his twin brother, Clark Harney, died in 1918 and his brother, 'Robert Harney, who died in 1976. He is survived by a daughter, Patricia H. Macomber of Concord; two sons, J. Michael Harney and Dennis R. Harney, both of Concord; two sisters, Margaret H.

Krings of Pittsburgh, and Jeanne H. Sylvester of Grosse Point Shores, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Waters Funeral Home, 50 S.

Main Street, Concord. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated tomorrow at noon at St. John the Evangelist Church, 72 S. Main Concord. The Rev.

Dennis A Broussard, associate pastor, will be the celebrant. Donations in his memory may be made to the CRVNA Hospice Program, PO Box 1797, Concord 03302-1797. RUMNEY Nina M. Switzer, 83, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter after many years of declining health. Born in Rumney, she was the daughter of Delbert and Louise (Craig) Kenneson.

She attended Rumney schools and was a graduate of the Thompson School of Nursing in Brattleboro, Vt. She organized the Mt. Stinson girls 4-H Club in Rumney and was a leader for many years. She was also an active member of the Rumney Fire Auxiliary. She was the widow of Hugh Perkins Switzer, who died Jan.

1, 1972. Survivors include a son, John Switzer of Plymouth; a daughter, Dorothy Lalonde of Rumney; three grandchildren; a greatdaughter; a sister, Stella Batchelder of Rumney; nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by two brothers, Ralph Kenneson, and her twin, Howard Kenneson, and a sister, Vivian Bixby. There are no calling hours. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m.

in Mayhew Funeral Home, 12 Langdon Plymouth. Rev. Robert Cole will officiate. Memorial donations may be made to the Pemi Baker Home Health Agency, Highland Street, Plymouth, 03264. Nina M.

Switzer George Wesley Kibby George Wesley Kibby, 83, of 200 Pleasant and formerly of 19 Franklin died Tuesday at the New Hampshire Odd Fellows Home. He was born in Concord, the son of George and Lizzie (Butler) Kibby. He was a 1933 graduate of Concord High School, and, as a boy, he once canoed around the entire shoreline of Lake Winnipesaukee. Weather Four-day forecast Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 00 000.0 Fair Fair Flurries Fair 20s 30s 30s 20s Local forecast Cloudy today with a chance of flurries late. High in the 30s.

Low tonight in the 20s. Tomorrow, partly sunny. High in the 30s. Local data As of 5 p.m. yesterday Temperature High yesterday, 43 Low yesterday, 24 Normal high yesterday, 31 Normal low yesterday, 11 Normal high today, 31 Normal low today, 11 Excess this month, 174 High this month, 55, 02 Low this month, 10, 21 Record high today, 60, 1982 Record low today, -19, 1983 Precipitation Yesterday, .04 Total this month, 5.36 Normal for month, 2.53 Total this year, 46.82 Normal to date, 35.74 Snowfall yesterday, 0.0 Snowfall this month, 17.4 Snow for season, 19.6 Astronomical Sunrise today, 7:17 a.m.

Sunset today, 4:16 p.m. Sunlight, 9 hours, 59 minutes Hampton Beach tides today High, 12:02 a.m., 12:05 p.m. Low, 7:11 a.m., 6:46 p.m. The National Weather Service broadcasts information at 162.40 on the high frequency FM band. Information also is available at 225-5191.

Northern New England Thursday, Dec. 26 Accu forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures Bangor Burlington Berlin Lebanon Portland to Portsmouth N. Y. CONCORD Showers Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy To the south Boston area Today, variable cloudiness.

High in the mid 30s. Tonight, cloudy. Low near 30. Tomorrow, cloudy with a chance of snow. R.I.

Today, partly sunny. High near 40. Tonight, cloudy. Rain or snow likely late. Low in the mid 30s.

Tomorrow, cloudy with a chance of rain. High 40 to 45. Extremes High: 82 at Miami, Fla. Low: -34 at Glasgow, Mont. The forecast for noon, Thursday, Dec.

26. Lines separate high temperature zories for the day. -108 108 308 08 08 408 108 308 208. 408 408 508 508 708 608 -808 FRONTS: 708- COLD WARM STATIONARY 1996 AccuWeather, Inc. 05 0 LOW SHOWERS RAIN 1-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.

CLOUDY CLOUDY After briefly working at J.C. Penny, he worked at Rumford Press, 'working his way up from a clerk to becoming personnel director before he left in 1940. During this period, he ran a boys' club known as the Knights of the Triangle at the Baker Memorial Church and directed the youth group known as the Epworth League at the Methodist Church. In 1938, he became the of Troop 86 in Concord and served as a district commissioner in 1939 and 1940. His career as a professional scout began in 1940 when he attended the training program at Schiff.

He became field executive with the Boston Council. In October, 1941, he joined the U.S. Air Force where he served as an X-ray technician and attained the rank of sergeant in 1946. Kibby came back to the Daniel Webster Council where he served initially as field I executive for several districts. 'He became field director in the council office in 1964 and in 1968, director of field services, a position he held until his retirement.

He also served as program director of Camp Carpenter in 1947 and was camp director from 1948 until 1963. He was also adviser to the Pasconaway Lodge Order of the Arrow from 1946 to 1971. He was one of the first members of the council to receive his vigil around 1955. He was named the Maine-New Hampshire-Vermont representative of returned veterans to the national Bishops Conference of the Methodist Church in Milwaukee in 1947 and served on the staff of the national Camping School in 1957 and 1958. Kibby was known for his garden on Franklin Street, which was filled with bleeding hearts.

He is survived by a niece, a nephew, two grandnieces and three grandnephews. There are no calling hours. Private graveside services will be held in Blossom Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Randall Scheri, pastor of Suncook Methodist Church, officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his memory to the Memorial Fund of the Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Webster Council, 571 Holt Manchester 03109-5214.

The Bennett Funeral Home, Concord, is in charge of arrangements. Geneva Ceriello Genieva J. Ceriello, 79, of 7 Walnut died Monday at Hospice House in Concord. She was born in Newport, the daughter of Leon and Clora S. (Hadlock) Wyman.

She was raised in North Woodstock and was a graduate of Lincoln High School. She worked with her husband running Camp Andrews as part of the Concord Boys and Girls Club summer camping program. She enjoyed gardening, needlepoint and cooking. She loved to have her grandchildren around. She was the widow of James Ceriello, who died May 17, 1996; a brother, Maynard Wyman; and a sister, Evelyn Wood.

She leaves a son, James M. Ceriello of Concord; three daughters, Joyce Savage of Keene, Nancy Bartlett of Concord, and Sally Ceriello of West Chesterfield, eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Wayne Wyman and Spoffard and William Wyman of Sullivan; nieces and nephews. There are no calling hours. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Bennett Funeral Home, 209 N.

Main' Concord, with the Rev. John Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord. Contributions can be made in her memory to the James Ceriello Endowment Trust, in care of the Concord Girls and Boys Club, 55 Massachusetts Santa's not By JEAN McMILLAN The Associated Press BOSTON Carmen Grandy had never received a Christmas present from her father, so she didn't expect a gift this year. And since the U.S.

Postal Service doesn't deliver on Christmas, the notion of maybe, just once, getting something disappeared Tuesday. At least, that's what she thought until mail carrier Julie Bentivegna rang her bell Christmas morning bearing a package from her dad in Falmouth. Grandy, 41, who is living with husband and four children in her mother's apartment on Clippership Lane in East Boston, was one of dozens of people visited by the upbeat Bentivegna, who winded her way along her holiday route in East Boston, Winthrop and Revere. Bentivegna, a 27-year-old single East Boston resident, volunteered to make the post office's special deliveries. Like thousands of other federal postal employees across the country, she helped the Postal Service make good on the overnight delivery pronlises of Express Bradley Concord, or to the Hospice House, P.O.

Box 1797, Concord 03302-1797. Harold C. Gillow Harold Gillow, 101, of 33 Christian died Saturday at Havenwood Nursing Home. He was born in Lowell, the son of Joseph and Clemie (Knott) Gillow. He served with the U.S.

Army during World War I. He was a fire insurance underwriter for Royal Globe Insurance and lived in Harrington Park, N.J., for 26 years; in South Yarmouth, for 18 years; and 10 years at Havenwood in Concord. After his retirement in 1960, he continued administration of the Huntington Park Nursery School that he and his wife, Betty, had established. He was a member and past commander of the American Legion Post in Harrington Park, After retiring to Cape Cod and er to Concord, Gillow received many trophies in bowling, horseshoes and golf. This included a memorable golf outing with his and grandson in which he shot his age at the Bass River Golf Club on the Cape.

His love of life with all its challenges, of the people around him and of the natural order of things as he saw them are reflected in poems he wrote. He was predeceased by his wife, Elisabeth (Gray) Gillow, who died June 2, 1996, and a daughter, Doris Brandt, of Florida. He is survived by one son, Stuart C. Gillow of Victor, N.Y.; two daughters, Elisbeth Brieda of Brooklyn, and Ruth Kane of Inverness, 11, grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one great great grandchild; and a nephew. A memorial service will be held today a.m.

in the leisure room at Havenwood with the Rev. John I. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouthport, at the convefamily. The Bennett Funeral Home, Concord, is in charge of arrangements.

Gladys D. Oliveri HENNIKER Gladys D. (Wechsler) Oliveri, 66, of 41 Flanders Rd. in Henniker, and Rockstream, N.Y., where she lived for the past 25 years, died Monday at Concord Hospital. She was born in Bronx, N.Y., the daughter if the late Ben and Charlotte Wechsler, and was a member of St.

Mary's of the Lake Church in Watkins Glen, N.Y. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Thomas A. Oliveri; her two sons, Steven M. Oliveri of Ithaca, N.Y. and Andrew T.

Oliveri of Binghamton, two daughters, Anita L. Oliveri of Henniker, and Sheryl Ann Charron of Hillsboro; and four grandchildren. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Holt Funeral Home, hall Avenue in Henniker.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in St. Pius Church in Manchester. Rev. Robert G.

Boisvert, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the spring in Henniker New Cemetery, Henniker. Helen G. Leary WHITEFIELD Helen G. Leary, 88, of the Morrison Nursing Home, Whitefield, died Tuesday morning at the Weeks Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness.

She was born in Concord the daughter of George F. and Mary (go) Gannon. She lived for a time in the Concord area and was employed as a bookkeeper of the Concord Grain Store. She married the late Ed- the only one Mail and other priority packages. Sporting a Santa hat over her short, straight brown hair, Bentivegna made people's day with some special last-minute gifts, while making some extra pay for herself.

Postal workers receive time-and-a-half in addition to a regular day's pay for the holiday. Slightly taller than an elf, Bentivegna joked with the people receiving the packages, guessed at what they might contain and sang some tunes along the way. When she handed Grandy her parcel and asked her to sign for it, Grandy said she "had no idea" what was in the box or who sent it. After ripping it open, she discovered a pair of Claddagh earrings and matching pendant, along with a 1997 appointment book from her father. "He's crazy." she laughed as she showed off her gifts.

She said it WAS the first Christmas gift she had ever received from her father, whom she fell out of touch with when she moved to Baltimore as a young girl. The two were reunited in 1991 and she visited this summer in the hospital. Grandy initially planned to visit mund C. Leary, a pharmacist for P.J. Noyes.

They lived in Lancaster for many years. She attended All Saints Catholic Church in Lancaster. She was a former member of the Lancaster Unity Club and a former Catholic Daughter. Family members included nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held tomorrow from 9 to 9:45 p.m.

at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster, prior to the funeral mass. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. at All Saints Catholic Church. Maurice R. Larochelle, pastor, will officiate.

Burial will be held in the spring at Calvary Cemetery, Lancaster. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Morrison Nursing Home, Whitefield. Raymond R. Blodgett Sr. Blodgett 79 of Pleasant St.

i in Webster died Monday at Concord WEBSTER Raymond R. Hospital, Born in Saxon River, the son of Joseph J. and Mabel M. Tapman Blodgett, he lived in Webster most of his life. He worked for nearly 20 years for the State of New Hampshire Highway Department.

He was the widower of the late Mary Moulton Blodgett who died in 1993 and is survived by two sons, Raymond R. Blodgett of Boscawen and David A. Blodgett of Webster; one daughter, Nancy E. Blodgett of Warner; three grandchildren; two brothers, Gene Blodgett of Englewood, and Russell Blodgett of Salem, N.Y.; one sister, Dorothy Egan of Fayetteville, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews. There will be no calling hours.

Graveside services will be held in Beaver Dam Cemetery in Webster in the spring. The Wendell J. Butt Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Alexandrine Twombly TILTON Alexandrine (Montambeault) Twombly, 98, formerly of 43 Cedar died Tuesday at the St. Francis Home for the Aged in Laconia.

She was born in Three Rivers, Quebec, the daughter of Aime and Clara (Genest) Montambeault. She moved to Franklin in 1913 and Tilton in 1927. She worked for many years for the former Franklin Needle Company and later at the Tilton Endless Belt Company. She was a communicant of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton and a former member of the St.

Anne Society. She was predeceased by her daughter, Anita Kelley, of Gilmanton in 1992 and her husband, Leo Arthur Twombly, who died in 1981. She is survived by two daughters, Madelene A. Gilbert of Orlando, and M. Theresa Pucci of Tilton; three sons, Joseph R.

Twombly of Glendora, Paul A. of Concord and Philip L. Twombly of Tilton; 27 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; nieces and nephews. There are no calling hours. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated tomorrow at 10 a.m.

in St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Tilton with the Rev. George Harvey, pastor, celebrant. Organist will be Nancy Walker, and the soloist will be Heather Walker White. Entombment will follow awaiting spring burial at St.

John Cemetery in Tilton. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Activities Fund, St. Francis Home for the Aged, 406 Court Laconia 03246. The William F. Smart Sr.

Memorial Home of Tilton is in charge of arrangements. Across the nation Temperatures indicate high and overnight Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Bismarck Boston Burlington, Vt. Chicago Cleveland Dallas-Ft Worth Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Hartford Spgfid Helena Honolulu Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Beach Mpis-St Paul Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, Maine Providence St Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa-St Ptrsbg previous day's low to 8 p.m. HI Lo Pre Otik 44 25 cir 13 1 mis 53 28 cdy 38 29 .02 cdy -9 -25 cdy 34 33 .39 cdy 21 15 .03 sn 50 30 cdy 8 sn 22 20 sn 50 27 54 23 5-4 .01 sn 20 19 sn -22 32 30 1-2 .14 82 59 64 55 33 75 50 79 61 -8 -14 37 20 54 35 36 34 47 19 68 48 36 31 coy 70 44 23 19 34 33 .04 34 34 .06. 26 11 43 29 .09 66 48 52 41 37 33 .18 70 56 42 29 .02 cay delivering her father at his home last Thursday, but the trip fell through.

After putting on the jewelry, she called her father, tearfully thanking him. "It's like waiting just about all your life for something," she said. When her children said it was a mail carrier at the door yesterday, she didn't believe them. "It was a pleasant surprise," she said. Other recipients were just as surprised.

Jill E. Dymond, 42, said she was on the lookout for a package that was to come by noontime, but she thought it would be coming Federal Express, not from a postal truck. JEWELRY WATCH REPAIR STEEPLEGATE MALL AT CLOCK TOWER ENTRANCE 228-5461 RING SIZING ENGRAVING WATCH BATTERIES CASH PAID FOR OLD JEWELRY WATCHES IN ANY CONDITION.