Eunice 'Tommy' F. Richards

CANAAN – Eunice F. ‘Tommy’ Richards, 88, of Canaan, passed away at the Pines Rehabilitation Center in Lyndonville, Vt., on Sunday morning, May 7, 2023, with her daughter at her side. She was born in West Stewartstown on October 28, 1934, a daughter to the late Hazen and Mary (Foster) Lovering. She went to the local schools and was a graduate of Canaan Memorial High School in 1953. Known by many as ‘Tommy,’ she was a well known participant in her community. For many years, she was a bookkeeper for several small businesses, and the Spa Restaurant, as well as several local loggers and others, and she would do tax returns for many friends and neighbors. Family members knew she would be busy from January to April. Eunice was a Justice of the Peace and Notary for the state of Vermont, and was very proud to have performed a marriage ceremony for one of her granddaughters. She was a member of the Canaan Historical Society, the Canaan Border Riders snowmobile club, Americorps, the American Legion Auxiliary, and Grace United Methodist Church, always helping and organizing the Sugar on Snow yearly function. She occupied many different officer positions within all those organizations, and she also volunteered at the Alice Ward Library. For many years, she waited tables at the Northland Restaurant on Saturday nights, and she had a loyal clientele who always enjoyed seeing her there. She always said that her greatest accomplishment was raising her family. At the age of 75, Tommy graduated from Norwich University with an Associate degree in Arts of which she had worked on for many years, and of which she was very proud, as were her fellow students and professors. She loved to garden, both flowers and vegetables, and she loved to snowmobile in the winter months. Tommy leaves behind her four children, Winnie (Gary) O’Neil of Columbia, Wayne (Rose) Noyes of South Carolina, Wendell Noyes of southern N.H,, and Josh Richards of Clarksville; a sister, Betty Sargent of Dalton, N.H., nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by a grandson, Nicholas Noyes, and five brothers, Robert Lovering, Sr., Horace Goodrum, Hazen Goodrum, William Goodrum, and Edward Goodrum. Memorial calling hours will be at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home on Friday, May 19, 2023, from 10 to 11 a.m., with a memorial service to follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. A graveside interment service will immediately follow at the Colebrook Village Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Eunice may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.

Eunice 'Tommy' F. Richards

October 28, 1934 - May 7, 2023