Epsom, N.H. —
At the age of nineteen he entered the Marine Corps, held the rank of sergeant, and later was a medic on the battlefield in Iwo Jima.
After the war he settled in Tilton, N.H. He married Jenny Virgin and they had two sons, James and Michael. This marriage ended and he married Delores Semales and another son, Mark, was born. At the time he lived in Concord, N.H., attended a prep school, and received the equivalent of two years of college. He started his own business on Wilson Street in Manchester, N.H., which lasted for many years. He sold Electrolux vacuum cleaners and Singer sewing machines, and repaired them.
Through the years his first wife passed away, also his second. He is survived by his son, James, daughter-in-law, Karen, and grandchildren of Northfield, N.H.; his son Michael, daughter-in-law, Julie, and grandchildren of Bristol, N.H.; and a son, Mark, of Port Orange, Fla. He leaves two sisters, Rev. June Rosemary Goss of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, and Beverly Dube of West Canaan. He was predeceased by a brother, Ellis; three sisters, Norma Schaefer, Lorna LaVigne and Beatrice Davis; many cousins; nieces and nephews. His friend, Rev. Frances Crandall, with whom he lived for many years at Gray St. in Manchester, survives him.
A service was held at the Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, N.H., on Monday, June 19, 2017, which was posted online.
Later in life concerning the war, he said, “I would do it all over again if I had to!” He will be remembered as a wonderful, kind, caring brother.