Nelson J. Judkins, Sr.

COLEBROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Mr. Nelson Judkins, 88, of Colebrook, New Hampshire, graduated to heaven on Sunday evening, December 2, 2007, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital after a period of declining health. Mr. Judkins was born December 9, 1918, in Manchester, NH, son of the late John N. Judkins and Mary (Hangemaker) Judkins. Mr. Judkins served with honor in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a machinist’s mate. Prior to his naval service, he worked for local shoe-making companies in the Manchester area, including WPA and W.H. McElwain. Following the war, he worked for Auclair Trucking Co., and later the Blackstock Woodturning Co., as well as the Goffstown Police Department as a special officer. He married Waneta Bascom in 1971, and in 1985 they moved to Pittsburg, NH. In his retirement, Mr. Judkins enjoyed hunting, fishing and canoeing. Mr. Judkins was especially blessed in this life over and over again by the members of the church that he attended, the River of Life Worship Center in Colebrook. He leaves behind his wife, best friend, and helpmate of 36 years, Waneta (Bascom) Judkins of Colebrook; a step-daughter, Wendy Mitchell of Charlestown, NH; two sons, William Judkins and his wife, Sylvia, of Pittsburg, NH, and Richard Judkins and his wife, Kathy; a half-brother, Wallace Gorham; three granddaughters; three grandsons; five great-grandchildren; two great-great granddaughters; his mother-in-law, Helen Bascom of Alstead, NH; a sister-in-law, Beth Dumas and her husband, Fern, of Punta Gorda, Fl.; and a step-grandson he was very close to, John Mitchell, of Charlestown, NH. Mr. Judkins is preceded in death by his parents and a son, Nelson J. Judkins, Jr. At Mr. Judkins’s request, there are no calling hours. A memorial service will be held at the River of Life Worship Center on Gould Street in Colebrook, NH, on Sunday, December 9, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor Shirley Stevens officiating. Expressions of sympathy in Mr. Judkins’s memory may be made to the River of Life Worship Center, P.O. Box 48, Colebrook, NH 03576. Condolences may be offered on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Nelson J. Judkins, Sr.

December 9, 1918 - December 2, 2007