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Obituaries
Olive B. Tibbetts
Gilmanton Iron Works- Olive B. Tibbetts 88, went home to be with the
Lord and her husband Bob on April 14, 2018 at the Concord Hospital
with several Family members at her side.
Olive
was born March 22, 1930 in Gilmanton Iron Works and lived in
Gilmanton her entire life. She was the daughter of the late Horace
Partridge and Florence (Palmer) Partridge. Olive attended the
Gilmanton Iron Works Grammar School and High School in Alton and
Pittsfield. She started to work at a very young age at the Pine’s
Hotel on Crystal Lake. She also worked at shoe shops in Pittsfield
and Farmington and at the State School in Laconia. She started her
Home Care and Group Home business in the early 1960’s which she ran
until the mid-1990’s. She and Bob also owned and operated the
Country Grainery for 20 years.
Olive’s
favorite pastime was reading the Bible, singing hymns with friends,
working in her garden and having coffee with many Family members and
friends.
Olive
and Bob were married for over 71 years. Their home was always open
to everyone. The warmth of the kitchen wood cooking stove will
always be remembered by all.
She is
survived by a son Robert “Bob” Tibbetts and his wife Judi of Alton;
a daughter Melody A. Tibbetts and partner Scott Roy of Moria, NY;
three grandchildren, Tracey Tibbetts, Heidi Beaudoin and her husband
James, all of Alton, Sarah Smith of Laconia; five
great-grandchildren, BJ Morse, Isaac Morse, Gavin, Jacob and
Jackson; She is also survived by siblings, Louis Hillsgrove (Fred),
Patricia Sweeney, Kenneth Partridge, Flossie Leblanc (Roland),
Fredrick Partridge ( Joyce), and Robert Partridge (Jennie). Her
sisters-in-law Ginny Partridge and Sheila Partridge, special family
members Debbie Coleman, Wendell Beck (who spent nearly every evening
with Bob & Olive over the past 20-25 years, as they would always
have coffee and dessert and talk about politics and the good old
times in Gilmanton), Bert Morse, Stanley and Barbara Moulton and the
Thompson Girls. Other very special friends were Belle Rollins of
Barnstead, a friend for over 80 years and Harriet Coupal a friend
and neighbor for over 50 years.
Besides
her parents Horace and Florence Partridge, Olive was predeceased by
her husband Bob on Dec. 30, 2017, her brother and sisters Horace
Partridge Jr, Shirley Dawson, Daisy Partridge, George Partridge,
Leon Partridge, Mae Worcester, Muriella Rohach, Ernest Partridge,
Edwin Partridge.
A
Committal Service with Military Honors will be held on Saturday, May
19, 2018 at 10:00am in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilmanton Iron Works,
Gilmanton NH. , followed by a Memorial Funeral Service at the Living
Word AOG Church on Stage Road in Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton NH
at 11:00am for both Bob and Olive.
For
those who wish, the family suggests memorial contributions may be
made to the Gilmanton Fire & Rescue, 1807 NH-140, Gilmanton Iron
Works, NH 03837, or to a charity of one’s choice.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH is assisting the family with the
arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go
to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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