Bernadine E. D. Stanton

COLEBROOK, NH — Mrs. Bernadine E. D. Stanton, 88, of Colebrook, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2014, at the home of her daughter in Ossipee, after a long period of failing health. She was born at the Davis Farm in Colebrook on Dec. 25, 1925, the daughter of Homer and Ruth (Hammond) Davis. Bernadine attended Colebrook Grammar School and was a 1943 graduate of Colebrook Academy. Bernadine’s employment was wide and varied, and early in her life included a position as secretary for Wm. Morrisey, president of the Beecher Falls Manufacturing Co. While at UNH, she was a stenographer-clerk for the Dean of the College of Agriculture & Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Applied Farming Dept., and the Farm Director. Bernadine later became the secretary to the division manager of PSNH in Lancaster before transferring to the district office in Colebrook. In 1956, she married Victor D. Stanton. They owned and operated the Mohawk Cottages for 30 years and Vic’s Getty Station on Main Street for 28 years before retiring in 1988. She was a member of the George L. O’Neil American Legion Auxiliary since 1945, a 62-year member and Past Matron of the Eureka Chapter #2, Order of the Eastern Star, a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and women’s club, a member of the Colebrook Area Historical Society, and a charter member of the Cribbage Cohorts of Colebrook. Bernadine is survived by her son, Duane H. Stanton and wife Karin of Laconia, NH; and the children of Victor and his first wife, Virginia: Lawrence V. Stanton, Sr., of Colebrook, Jane Brownell and husband Ralph of Ossipee; 8 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband of 38 years, Victor, in 1994; a step-daughter, Judy Saturley; three sisters, Helen Placy, Mary Davis, and Barbara Schiavone; and three brothers, Harold, Robert, and Perley Davis. Visiting hours will be on Sunday, May 18, 2014, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, with an Eastern Star service at 5:45 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Monday, May 19, at 11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Colebrook with The Rev. Paula Fletcher & The Rev. Rebecca Larson co-officiating. Burial will follow at the Colebrook Village Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Stanton’s memory may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 51 Blossom St., Boston, MA 02114; or to the Stained Glass Restoration Fund, c/o Trinity United Methodist Church, 28 Bridge St., Colebrook, NH 03576; or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Bernadine E. D. Stanton

December 25, 1925 - May 1, 2014