2012-04-26 / Obituaries

Lee McGuire


McGUIRE McGUIRE LACONIA — Lee McGuire of Laconia, wife of Mac McGuire who died in 1987, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the age of 92.

Lee was born Sept. 2, 1919, in Berlin, the daughter of Pete and Mary (LeSage) Fournier.

Lee proudly served in World War II as a staff sergeant on Gen.

Eisenhower’s photography unit. Returning from the war, Lee taught Home Economics at Tilton-Northfield

High School for many years.

After retirement from teaching, she worked part-time for the Belknap County Extension Service out of the Laconia office.

Lee was a communicant of St. Joseph Church.

She was an avid golfer and enjoyed crafts and travelling.

Lee leaves behind daughters Donna M. Brochu of Contoocook and Nancy Tomasch of Parma, Ohio. Lee has three grandchildren, Jeremy Brochu of Tampa, Fla., Renee Brochu of Norwell, Mass., and Marianne Jones of Fort Stewart, Ga. She also has eight great-grandchildren, Ryan Brochu, Griffin, Isabel, Charlotte, and Vivian Pithie, and Elizabeth, Cheyenne, and Ben Ziebell.

There will be no calling hours.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, May 3, at 10 a.m. at St. Andre Bessette Parish-St. Joseph Church, 30 Church St., Laconia, celebrating the extraordinary life of Lee McGuire — wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.

Burial will follow in the family lot in St. Lambert Cemetery, Laconia.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main St., Laconia NH 03246.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, 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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