Dorothy "Dot" L. Ducret

Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” L. (Frizzell) Ducret, 75, of East Colebrook Road, Colebrook, NH, passed away early Saturday morning, March 18, 2006, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital. Dot was born July 3, 1930, in Columbia, NH, daughter of the late Alpheus B. and Catherine (Martin) Frizzell. Dot was the youngest of nine children and graduated from Colebrook Academy in 1948. She attended Maine Medical, graduating with a degree in nursing in 1951 and worked as a registered nurse for Coos County Hospital in West Stewartstown, NH, for a few years, and later provided special and private duty home nursing for area families while raising her children. From 1960-1973, she was employed for SAU #7 as a traveling school nurse, and for the next twelve years she worked with her husband, Durward “Duke” Ducret, at their sporting goods store until his retirement in 1985. She continued to work for Ducret’s Sporting Goods after her son purchased the store, retiring in 1995. Her hobbies included reading, crossword puzzles, playing and listening to music, and jigsaw puzzles. She was a Past Matron of Eureka Chapter #2, O.E.S. and also played the organ on occasion. She loved spending time with her family and friends and will be dearly missed. Dot is survived by her three children, Diane Ducret-Mork and husband, Philip, of Center Tuftonboro, NH, Philip Ducret and wife, Denise, of Colebrook, NH, and Robert Ducret of West Stewartstown, NH; a brother, Clarence Frizzell of Colebrook, NH; two sisters, Emily Floyd of Farmington, ME, and Marion Anderson of Fayette, ME; four grandchildren, Christopher Brady and wife, Joyce, Megan Rohrbacher and husband, Eric, Matthew Ducret and wife, Marci, and Benjamin Ducret and fiancée, Melissa Hall; three great-grandchildren, Earl Brady, Jacob Brady and Colton Morgan; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Dot is preceded in death by her loving husband, Durward “Duke” Ducret, on March 28, 2004; four brothers, Martin Frizzell, Edwin Frizzell, Wilfred Frizzell and Bernard Frizzell; and one sister, Marjorie Odell. Calling hours will be held on Monday, March 20, 2006, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home of Colebrook with a funeral service conducted by Eureka Chapter #2, O.E.S. at 5:30 p.m. at the funeral home. A private family service will be held at a later date. Expressions of sympathy in Dot’s memory may be made to the Colebrook Public Library, c/o Julie Colby, Main Street, Colebrook, NH 03576.

Dorothy "Dot" L. Ducret

July 3, 1930 - March 18, 2006