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Gilmanton NH News

August 1, 2018

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Lower Gilmanton First Baptist Church

Route 107

Lower Gilmanton, NH

 

Summer Services 

7:00 PM

 

August 5th – Pastor Linda Bolton with accompanist Pastor Henry Frost

 

August 19th – Pastor Chris Stevens and the Dump Run Gang with accompanist Pastor Henry Frost

 

Please feel free to bring your favorite dessert which will be shared during fellowship time following the services, at which time you may meet new acquaintances or reminisce with old friends.  Hope to see you at these Sunday evening services to keep this summer tradition alive.

 


Obituaries


 

Nancy Louise Girard

GILMANTON, NH- Nancy Louise Girard; 60; passed away gently on July 14, 2018 after a long battle against the ravages of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), surrounded by the comfort and prayers of family and friends who stood in for the large cast of loving people who supported her during the struggle. Born in Turners Falls, MA, she was the youngest daughter of Joseph Alcide Girard and Elaine George Girard. She is survived by her college sweetheart and husband of 37 wonderful years, Garret Graaskamp, and children, Kelsey and Cameron Graaskamp; brother, Richard and Janet Girard and their children, Timothy, Jonathan and daughter-in-law Katherine; sister, Susanne and Charlie Morgan and their children Amanda and Alexandra; sister, Noreen and Edward Lemieux and son Seth; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Graaskamp, Martha Testerman, her husband, Patrick, and their children, Holly, Hana and David; father-in-law, John Graaskamp and his wife, Vicky Lynn (Degerman); step-sister in law, Jill Davis King and her husband Jonathan, and their children Benjamin and Nathaniel; step-brother in law, Jack Davis and his wife, Dawn Villella and their children Ana and Henry; sister-in-law, Kim Graaskamp. Nancy was pre-deceased by her mother in law, Ann Virginia (McGregor) Graaskamp and brother-in-law James McGregor Graaskamp.

Nancy grew up along the rural banks of the Connecticut River within a family heritage of self-sufficiency and concern for the well-being of the environment and the human condition. Her upbringing instilled a determination and purpose for a life’s work conserving and protecting the natural environment for the benefit of generations yet to come. She volunteered her time to the Town of Gilmanton for 23 years as a member of the Planning Board, 13 years as the Chair. She did pro bono work in the NH Bar Association Domestic Violence Emergency (DOVE) program for over 25 years to provide victims of domestic violence with emergency legal services. By example, she passed this legacy of service on to her children who are serving in the fields of medical and mental health.

 

Nancy was a lady of firsts. As an eighth grader in Gill, MA she inspired and organized a town-wide trash pick-up and recycling effort to mark the first anniversary of Earth Day. She was among the women in the first full-four-year class at Amherst College after it went coeducational in 1974, and where she co-founded the Sabrinas, Amherst’s women’s acapella singing group, and graduated with honors. She later earned a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Denver. She was a member of the New Hampshire and New York State Bar Associations.

 

Nancy was the first Legal Coordinator for the NH Fish & Game Department and helped start the popular Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. She founded the NH office of the Conservation Law Foundation, and was its Director for almost a decade. While at CLF, she spearheaded many collaborative efforts among communities and volunteers to facilitate state-wide smart growth initiatives for high-speed rail corridors, protection of the Great Bay Estuary from the impacts of regional wastewater discharge, protection of NH’s forests from power plant acid rain impacts, energy conservation and renewable energy alternatives and climate change mitigation, wetland habitat conservation, and protection of the Green and White Mountains roadless areas. For three years she was a member of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy / Technology Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship and was the Chair of the Working Group on Innovation in Core EPA Programs.

 

Nancy worked for the City of Boston in Mayor Menino’s administration as the Commissioner of the Environment Department. In this role, she planned and implemented protections for the City’s built and natural environments and developed policies and programs on environmental issues including climate action, historic sites, buildings, landscapes, and waterways. One outcome on her watch was the development of the 2014 Climate Action Plan Update, which established a proactive neighborhood engagement program and city-university partnership that reflected her belief in collaboration as the foundation for permanent positive change.

 

Nancy was on the Board of Directors for the Concord Food Co-op for ten years; serving as President for seven years. During this time the Co-op tripled in size on South Main Street, bought out the Kearsarge Cooperative Grocer in New London, NH and grew to over 5,000 members.

 

Nancy’s most important passion was for her family. She taught Kelsey and Cameron through the example of her life to demonstrate respect for one’s self but also for the opinions of others in order to create trust and a mutual incentive to achieve compassionate compromises and resilient outcomes that benefit the greater good of the community.

 

She loved to sing and was part of the summer New Hampshire Music Festival Chorus for many years. Cameron inherited this passion and Nancy went to all his plays and concerts at Gilford High School and the University of NH. Nancy loved cheering for Kelsey as she played soccer, basketball and softball in high school and college. Just last week she enjoyed a final indoor soccer game in Bow, noisily sounding her wheel chair buzzer after every goal.  

 

On summer evenings you could find her in the garden tending the vegetables and harvesting raspberries for a family ice cream sundae party; Maple Walnut was her favorite. She was a walking encyclopedia on flowers and plants; learned as a Girl Scout from her Mom and which made every hike a game to add a new flower to the list. Her favorite hike was across Mount Mansfield in Vermont.

 

A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, August 18, at 11:00am followed by a reception at the Faith Community Bible Church in Loudon, NH. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the ALS Association Northern New England Chapter, 10 Ferry St, Suite 438, Concord, NH 03301.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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