Annie Frizzell

WEST STEWARTSTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Mrs. Annie (Stearns) Frizzell, 87, of West Stewartstown, New Hampshire, passed away after a brief illness on Friday, March 28, 2008, at the Coos County Nursing Hospital with friends and family by her side. Annie was born September 18, 1920, in Rochester, NH, a daughter of Guy B. and Grace (Edmunds) Stearns. After graduating from high school, she worked as a bookkeeper for the Mayberry Shoe Co. in Rochester. Although Annie grew up showing Holstein cows in 4-H, she married Edwin Frizzell, a Jersey farmer, in 1944 and never missed the Holsteins. Together, she and Edwin supported their children, and many other young individuals, in their successful 4-H careers as leaders of the Tip-Top 4-H Club in Columbia. Annie was very proud of all of her children’s accomplishments in 4-H, FFA and as students. For this, Annie was awarded Farm Wife of the Year in 1964, which included a trip to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada. Annie and Edwin’s farm partnership, “Edan Jerseys”, also garnered them the Green Pastures Award for the State of New Hampshire in 1964. Annie is known to have been a wonderful cook, contributing recipes to the Colebrook Cookbook and other publications. She was a dedicated homemaker, gardener and a talented seamstress. Her patience and loving guidance with many sewing and quilting projects will be remembered by many of her family members, friends and staff that she encouraged at the Coos County Nursing Hospital. Annie is survived by three daughters, Susan Anne Aldrich and her husband, E. Richard, of Woodsville, NH, Rachel May Hurley and husband, Richard, of Columbia, NH, and Phyllis Louise Torrey and husband, Ken, of Brandon, VT; a son, William B. Frizzell and wife, Alida, of Angola, IN; three sisters, Marion Frizzell of Groveton, NH, Helen Stone of Exeter, NH, and Susan Smith of Rochester, NH; two granddaughters, four step-granddaughters; four grandsons; 2 great-grandsons; six step-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Annie is preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Edwin Frizzell; a sister, Dorothy Russell of Rochester, NH; and a step-granddaughter, Erynn Torrey of Brandon, VT. Calling hours will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2008, from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home of Colebrook. A funeral service will be conducted on Monday, March 31st at 1:00 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Colebrook with The Reverend Randall Scheri officiating. An interment service will be held in the spring.

Annie Frizzell

September 18, 1920 - March 28, 2008