Betty M. Raymond

WEST STEWARTSTOWN, NH – Ms. Betty Raymond, 85, passed away on Saturday morning, December 25, 2010, at the Coos County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown, after a brief illness. She was born in Canaan, Vt., on October 2, 1925, the youngest daughter of the late Edwin and Ruth (Tillotson) Dwinell. Betty was a graduate of Canaan High School in 1943. She attended the Lyndon Normal School and received her Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1946. Further education included extension courses from the University of Delaware. Throughout her life, Betty taught in various elementary schools in Vermont, Delaware and New Hampshire. She started her teaching career in Vermont, and then moved to Colebrook and then Delaware. While living in Rehoboth Beach, Dela., she enjoyed flouder fishing in the bay, surf fishing and crabbing at the beach. Betty and her husband, Emery Raymond, owned and operated Ray’s Store in Canaan, Vt., (Bessie’s Diner) from 1955-58. She also spent many years living on Back Lake in Pittsburg, NH, where she enjoyed partridge hunting, fly fishing and snowmobiling. From 1975-90, Betty was employed by the Stewartstown schools as a Chapter I remedial reading teacher, servicing students at the West Side School, the Hollow Elementary School and St. Albert’s Parochial School. She was a communicant at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Canaan, Vt., where she served as junior warden and was a member of the altar guild. Family members include four nieces, Beverly Dorman and husband, Wayne, of Pittsburg, NH, Betty Snyder and husband Lou of Rutland, Vt., Doris Kristen and husband Dale of North Haverhill, NH, and Ruth Anne Kelsea of Pembroke, NH; one nephew, Bruce Gadwah of Fairbanks, Alaska; and many great-nieces, great nephews, and friends. She will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. Betty is predeceased by her husband, Emery Raymond and two sisters, Elmerline Vancore and Katherine Gadwah. At Betty’s request, a graveside service will be held in the spring at the Canaan Village Cemetery in Canaan, Vt. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Betty may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, c/o Rev. Robert Lee, 55 Power House Road, Canaan, Vt. 05903; or to the Alice M. Ward Memorial Library, c/o Deborah Lambert, 27 Park St., Canaan, Vt.; or to the Lancaster Humane Society, 62 Martin Meadow Road, Lancaster, NH 03584. 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.

Betty M. Raymond

October 2, 1925 - December 25, 2010