Elizabeth A. LaRose

December 12, 1935 - February 14, 2015

WEST STEWARTSTOWN – Elizabeth A. LaRose, 79, of West Stewartstown and formerly of Colebrook, passed away on Saturday evening, Feb. 14, 2015, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown, NH, after a long period of ill health. She was born in Portland, Maine, on Dec. 12, 1935, and was raised and educated in the Rumford-Mexico area. Elizabeth’s working life was wide and varied. She moved to Massachusetts in the early 1960s, and worked at the Waverly Tap, the Cushing Hospital in Framingham, and for F.W. Webb as a receptionist. Later, she moved to Florida for several years, and then relocated again to Colebrook, where she had been a resident for more than 20 years. In the north country, she worked at The Balsams for several seasons, and later as a co-director at the Haven. Her hobbies and interests included playing golf, as well as watching it on TV, and watching football on television, always supporting her favorite NY Giants. She was an accomplished musician and loved to sing and play guitar in her younger years. Elizabeth is survived by her four children, Dennis Richard and wife Debra of Mexico, Me., Robert Richard and wife Kelley of Buckfield, Me., Joanne Eastman and husband William of Dixfield, Me., and Pauline Richard of Colebrook; a sister, Georgia Duran Flint of Madison, Me.; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband, George LaRose; her father, Albert L. Duran; her mother, Pauline (Ellingwood) Virgin; and two brothers, George and William Guy. At Elizabeth’s specific request, there are no services, and her family will privately scatter her cremated ashes at a spot where she loved to be. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. LaRose may be made to the CCNH Residents’ Activity Fund, P.O. Box 10, West Stewartstown, NH 03597. 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 in Colebrook.