Paul LaMott

HAVERHILL - Paul I. LaMott, 94, died July 8, 2011, at New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton.

He was born in Orford, June 20, 1917, to Elwin and Lela (Willis) LaMott.

He was a former long-serving representative of the New Hampshire House.

He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from 1941 to 1945 in North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. He was discharged as a sergeant.

He attended Lyme Elementary School and was a 1934 graduate of Woodsville High School. He also attended several trade schools in the electrical and plumbing trades. He received an honorary degree in associated applied science from the New Hampshire Technical Institute.

In his younger days Paul was a millwright in a sawmill. For 11 years he worked for the former T. Borden Walker Enterprises in Woodsville, before establishing his own business in 1958. From then until 1977 he operated Paul LaMott Plumbing, Heating and Electrical.

He was a past member of the Vermont Electrical Contractors, Green Mountain Refrigeration Engineers, New Hampshire Plumbers Association and past-president, New England Council of Master Plumbers and past-president, the National Association of Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Contractors, having served as a past national director.

He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a member of Haverhill Memorial Post No. 5245, where he was a past commander. He was a former department commander of the New Hampshire VFW, serving from 1961 to 1962.

He was also a 56 -year member of Grafton Kane Lodge No. 46 F&AM of North Haverhill, Valley of Nashua 32nd degree and a longtime member of Bektash Shrine Temple, Concord.

He served as a supervisor of the checklist for the town of Haverhill for 25 years and was later elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives where, at the time of his retirement, he was the senior member of the House. During his time in the House, he served as the vice chair of the Military Affairs Committee from 1961 to 1962, chair of the capital budget overview, former vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, and the Fiscal Committee. He also served as the chair of the Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Council of State Governments, Eastern Region, and National Council of State Governments Budget Committee and Governing Board.

He married the former Muriel Spooner, Nov. 23, 1938, and she predeceased him on March 23, 2003.

Family members include a daughter, Marcia L. Emmett and husband Frederick Emmett Jr. of Inverness, Ill.; two grandsons, Christopher Emmett and wife Kim of Bartlett, Ill., and Paul Emmett of Chicago; two great-grandchildren, Christopher II and Kayla Emmett; one niece and three nephews.

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SERVICES: There will be no calling hours.

A memorial service will be August 6, at 11 a.m. at First Congregational Church of Haverhill, UCC, with Rev. Dr. Terri Young officiating.

A private burial will be at the Center Haverhill Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

Memorial donations may be made to New Hampshire Veterans Home, c/o N.H.V.H. Benefit Fund, 139 Winter Street, Tilton, 03276.

Ricker Funeral Home, Woodsville, is in charge of arrangements. For more information visit www.rickerfh.com.