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Helen Jean David

1926 - 2024

Helen Jean David obituary, 1926-2024, Concord, NH

BORN

1926

DIED

2024

FUNERAL HOME

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home

164 Pleasant Street

Laconia, New Hampshire

Helen David Obituary

Helen Jean David

Concord, NH - Helen Jean Davie, 97, passed away Monday, August 12, 2024, at Concord Hospital – Concord.

She was born December 27, 1926, in Norwich, CT, the daughter of Charles Edward Bushnell and Ida L. (Reynolds) Bushnell.

Helen liked to knit and crochet, she would knit lap blankets for seniors, donating them to several organizations.

Helen liked to take long drives, often traveling into Vermont. She enjoyed watching the ice fishing derbies and sled dog races.

Helen worked at an auto dealer for several years. She was a longtime member of the Congregational Church of Laconia, and a current member of the West Congregational Church of Concord. Also, she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include her nieces, Patricia Martino (Lewis) of CT, Nancy Ehrnfelt (Chuck) of FL and Phyllis Soper (Al) of CA, her nephews peter Petrino (Jean) Marie, of FL and Richard Pilling of FL and by Sherrie D'Onofrio of NH.

In addition to her parents, Helen is predeceased by her husband Cleston "Mike" Davie, her first husband Edward Alois Buck, sisters, Hazel Deschenes, Sadie D'Onofrio and Ida Trask, a niece Shirley Simmons and by her nephew John D'Onofrio.

A Graveside Service will be held on Friday, August 16, 2024, at 2:00pm, in the family lot, in South Road Cemetery, Belmont, NH.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation

Services/603Cremations.com, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH, 03246, is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please visit www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Concord Monitor on Aug. 15, 2024.

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16

Graveside service

2:00 p.m.

South Road Cemetery in the family lot

Belmont, NH

Funeral services provided by:

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home

164 Pleasant Street P.O. Box 67, Laconia, NH 03246

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