Joseph R. Lizzie

June 15, 1926 - January 25, 2019

BRUNSWICK, VT — Mr. Joseph R. Lizzie, 92, of Brunswick, Vt., died on Friday morning, Jan. 25, 2019, at the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH, with his family at his side. He was born on June 15, 1926, in Berlin, NH, the son of the late Joseph and Yvonne (Gagnon) Lizie. He was raised and educated in Berlin and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps prior to graduation. Joseph served with honor from 1943-46 in the Pacific theater of World War II, seeing combat action at Iwo Jima. After the war, Joseph worked for ten years for the Canadian National Railroad, and he later worked for the Groveton Paper Company, later James River Corp., as a traffic and shipping manager. He and his wife loved to play cards and go dancing, and Joseph also loved to play horseshoes with his friends after he retired. In his later years, Joseph loved to spend time with his great-grandchildren. He is survived by his three daughters, Jayne (Roland) L’Heureux of Stuart, Fla., Susan (Roger) Lambert of Goffstown, NH, and Joan (Salvatore) Randazza of Gloucester, Mass.; a sister, Lorraine Dube of Berlin, NH; a brother, Arthur (Mary) Lizie of Manchester, NH; 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; as well as several nieces and nephews. Joseph is predeceased by wife of 40 years, Mary E. (Ramsay) Lizzie in 1992. There will be no public calling hours. Services and interment with military honors will be in the spring in North Stratford, of which notice will be given. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mr. Lizzie may be made to the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Geisel Office of Development, HB 7070, 1 Medical Center Dr., Lebanon, NH 03756-0001. 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.