Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in
Lebanon, NH. He was born in Windsor, VT on June 27, 1928 the son of Paul
Freeman and Isabella R. (Clow) Tewksbury and had resided in Claremont, on
Washington Street for 32 years and Pine Crest Mobile Home Park for 3 years
prior to his current address on Benjamin Place.
He retired in 1993 from the City of Claremont Department of Public Works
where he worked as a mechanic for eleven years and was previously self
employed in the trucking business.
He was a member of the NH Antique Tractor Club and the Claremont Senior
Center.
The surviving family includes his wife, Lorraine D. (Bonneville) Tewksbury
of Claremont whom he married on November 3, 1951; two daughters, Marilyn
Baker and her significant other, Barry of Claremont and Cora Farnsworth and
her husband, Ross of Windsor, VT; three sons, Alan E. Tewksbury and his
wife, Donna, Mark Tewksbury and his wife, Brenda all of Cornish and David
Tewksbury and his wife, Anna of Springfield, VT; fifteen grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elsie H. Johnson of Perkinsville, VT
and Josephine I. Jewell and her husband, Milton of Cornish; three brothers,
Louis M. Tewksbury and his wife, Connie, Raymond Tewksbury and his wife,
Shirley all of Claremont and Tharon P. Tewksbury and his wife, Lucille of
Unity; two sisters-in-law, Claire Tewksbury and Lucille Bonneville; also
nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was pre-deceased by one brother, Rowland F. Tewksbury who died March 31, 2002.
Friends may call at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street on Friday
afternoon and evening from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, Sept. 17th at Eleven O'clock
at the Funeral Home with Fred Farnsworth, officiating.
Interment will follow in St Mary's Cemetery.
The family suggest that donations may be made in his memory to the American
Diabetes Association, New England Region, 249 Canal Street, Manchester, NH
03101-2316.