Mary Ellen Mongeau

May 11, 1927 - November 19, 2018

WEST STEWARTSTOWN – Mary Ellen Mongeau, 91, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, Nov. 19, 2018, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown after a long period of failing health. She was born on May 11, 1927, in Columbia, the only child of the late Hiram and Marion Ellen (Martin) Wells. Mary Ellen was a 1945 graduate of Colebrook Academy. Shortly after high school, she married Almon Crawford and together they ran the family farm on Titus Hill until his untimely death in 1954. Mary Ellen worked then for a several years at the Beecher Falls Division of Ethan Allen, married Roger Mongeau in 1969 and later relocated to Connecticut, where she worked for SNET as a telephone operator. She retired from SNET in 1989 and moved to Florida for several years. She returned to Colebrook in 2006. She will be remembered by all her family and friends for her work ethic, her love of playing cards and her love of traveling. She is survived by her two children, Virginia Earley and partner, Bill Pease, of Colebrook, and her son, Millard Crawford and partner Lisa Placy of Colebrook; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. There are no public calling hours. A graveside service will take place on Sat., May 11, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Keach Cemetery in Columbia. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mary Ellen may be made to the CCNH Residents’ Activity Fund, c/o P.O. Box 10, W. Stewartstown, NH 03597. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com.