Edward C. Brummer

RINDGE -- Edward C. Brummer, 101, holder of the Boston Post Cane as the oldest resident of Rindge, died Feb. 24, 2010.

He was born Jan. 7, 1909 in Lisbon. He got his early training in the hospitality business a few miles away as a bellhop and caddy at the Sunset Hill House in Sugar Hill.

He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1931 as a history major.

He managed Bethlehem Steel Company operation in Hingham, Mass., for three years.

He was a Mason and member of the Lions Club. He served on the board of directors of the Monadnock Bank and the mutual aid Meadowbrook Fire Dept. He was a member and chair of the Rindge Board of Adjustment and served on the zoning board. He was a founding member of the Rindge Historical Society and helped write the current town history. He was a member of the N.H. Historical Society. In the late 1950s he chaired the state's Economic Development Committee.

He was proprietor of Woodbound Inn in Rindge, for 47 years from 1934 until 1981, when he sold the business to his son, Jed.

Family members include his wife, Margaret (Sloan) Brummer of Rindge; three children, Jed of Rindge, Jefferson of Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Martha of Tynemouth, England; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

SERVICES: A service in his memory will be held at the Cathedral of the Pines in the spring.

Memorial donations may be made to Rindge or Lisbon historical societies, the Cathedral of the Pines or Doctors Without Borders.

Cournoyer Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Jaffrey is assisting with arrangements. www.cournoyerfh.com.