Naidina Hunt Dorr

COLEBROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Naidina Rose (Hunt) Dorr, 79, of Maple Street, Colebrook, New Hampshire, passed away early Saturday morning, September 22, 2007, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Naidina was born December 31, 1927, in Worcester, MA, daughter of the late Roger and Pauline (Fuller) Hunt. With the onset of the Great Depression, her family returned to North Stratford where Naidina graduated from high school in 1945 and Becker College in Worcester, MA, in 1947. She worked as a medical transcriptionist in Pittsburgh, PA, until her marriage to Warren McNeely of Colebrook in 1948. The couple resided in St. Johnsbury where she was employed at Brightlook Hospital until the start of their family. In 1952 they purchased and operated the Silver Dollar Grill in Bloomfield. After her husband’s illness, she moved to Colebrook and entered employment for the legal offices of Harrigan and Walsh. She remained Attorney Harrigan’s secretary and was later editor of the News & Sentinel until 1976. After the death of her husband, she met and married Richard Dorr of Lancaster in 1961. They lived in Colebrook and later New Port Richey, FL, where she worked at Bay Point Hospital in Hudson, FL. Dick Dorr passed in 1986, and in 1989 she married Russell Gross of Hudson. She retired to Colebrook in 2001 and until her illness enjoyed writing the Milestones for the News & Sentinel. Naidina was one of the first water skiers at her beloved Maidstone Lake. She and her step-daughter, Micki, performed at the Pittsburg Guide Show for several years. She is known for her beautiful quilts and ruthless card playing. An avid reader, she also enjoyed playing bridge with the local Bridge Club, baking, gardening and feeding birds. Naidina is survived by her companion, Paul Savage, of Bloomfield; her son, William McNeely of South Burlington, VT; her daughter, Karen Lamontagne and husband, Benoit, of Colebrook; four step-daughters, Micki Mulkern of Tucson, AZ, Beverly Lowry and husband, Dave, of Burlington, VT, Trudy Phelps of Goffstown, NH, and Leitha Hopkins of Tucson, AZ; a grandson, Matthew Rosi and wife, Kathleen, and their children, Michael, Blaine and Christian of Bensalem, PA; a granddaughter, Maria Rosi of Epping, NH; two sisters, Patricia Perro and husband, Neil, of Maidstone, VT, and Linda Renaud and husband, Edmond, of North Stratford; an aunt, Edna Fuller of North Stratford; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Calling hours will be held on Friday, September 28, 2007, from 7-9 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, September 29th at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in North Stratford with The Reverend Marlyn Neary officiating.

Naidina Hunt Dorr

December 31, 1927 - September 22, 2007