Hollow Road, died Friday afternoon, May 20, 2005 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center in Lebanon surrounded by her family.
She was born in Lyndon, VT on August 16, 1928 the daughter of Frank O. and
Bernice J. (Mathews) Caron and had resided in Claremont for sixty-seven
years.
Mrs. Aiken retired on December 31, 1990 from Tambrands, Inc. where she
worked for twenty-six years as a machine operator and had previously worked
for Dartmouth Woolen Mill and the shoe shops in the area.
She was the widow of Leonard Roy Aiken, Sr. whom she married on July 3,
1948. He died on December 9, 1994.
The surviving family includes one son, Leonard R. "Bud" Aiken, Jr. and his
wife, Cecelia; three daughters, Bonnie L. Cummings and her husband Theodore, Brenda L. Aiken and Bernice L. "Tammie" DeMasse and her husband, Raymond all of Claremont; four grandchildren, Lenni-Jo Aiken, Christopher Aiken, Dr. Chad Frost and Calvin Frost; three great-grandchildren, Nikki Aiken, Eathan Frost and Sam Frost; one brother, Robert M. Caron of N. Stratford, NH; three sisters, Phyllis Locke of Barnet, VT, Jean Clark of Manchester, NH and Carolyn Holland of Phoenix, AZ; her pet boxer "Scooter"; two nieces and cousins. She was pre-deceased by one sister, Ann Langmaid.
There are no visiting hours.
A graveside committal service for Shirley and her husband Leonard will be
held Tuesday, May 24th at Eleven o'clock in Union Cemetery, with Rev. Father
Stanley J. Piwowar, Pastor of St Joseph Church, officiating.
The family suggest that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her
memory to Connecticut Valley Home Care/Hospice, 958 John Stark Highway,
Newport, NH 03773.