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1938
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2014
Barbara Weeks Obituary
She enjoyed family cookouts, playing bingo, reading, and watching soap operas. She also liked traveling to Florida, Niagara Falls, Massachusetts, New York, and other destinations with family and friends. She especially loved the cruise she took to Bermuda with numerous family members.
She was born Apr. 27, 1938 in Concord, Vt., daughter of the late Freeman Isham and Isabel (Widger) Isham of Bristol, Conn.
She is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Weeks and wife, Lucille, from Augusta, Maine; Todd Weeks and wife, Tammy, from Peterborough. One daughter, Cheryl Letendre and husband, Marc, from Livermore, Maine. Two step-sons, Randy Wood and wife, Lisa, from Henniker, and Timothy Wood, and wife, April, from Kinston, N.C. Three step-daughters, Gail Hicks and husband, Wesley from Littleton, Jennie Sheehan and husband, Scott, from Kinston, N.C. and Jennifer Gleason and husband, Ron from Hillsborough. Mother in law, Hazel Wood of Lancaster. Three sisters in law, Beverly Isham of Bristol, Conn. Susan Hartsorn and husband, Bernie, of Lunenburg, Vt. and Beverly Rosen and husband, Dan, of Pennsylvania. She also enjoyed her 14 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and many lifelong friends.
She was predeceased by her lifelong partner, Donald (Woody) Wood, formerly of Antrim, and Dalton; her parents, Freeman Isham and Isabel (Widger) Isham and her 'favorite' brother, Richard Isham, formerly of Bristol, Conn.
Barbara worked at Crotched Mountain in Greenfield for 30 years and at Shaws Supermarket in Lancaster. Barbara and Woody enjoyed many hours viewing and feeding wildlife in the backyard of their home on French Road in Dalton.
No funeral will be held. A burial service to honor Barbara's life will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the East Concord Cemetery in East Concord, Vt. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Whitefield Food Pantry, 4 Main Street, Whitefield, N.H. 03598.
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Linda and David Blanchard
March 13, 2014
Our thoughts are with the family. She was a wonderful person, so full of energy, and words of wisdom and humor.
March 5, 2014
Our deepest and heartfelt sympathy goes out to you all. She filled ours hearts with laughter and will be missed. Our love, Karen Johnson and Steve Johnson.
Shelley Vayens
March 4, 2014
My deepest sympathies to all of you. "Babsie", was a dear sweet gal. She will be missed by many.
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