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Karen "Kaye" Mirski rides her favorite horse, Ginger, in a competition in the late 1970s or 1980s in Vermont. (Family photograph)

A Life: Karen ‘Kaye’ Rose Mirski; ‘She was small in stature but a real spitfire’

by David Corriveau Valley News Staff WriterJune 23, 2019August 4, 2025

The year after earning her nursing degree, MaryLou Vient married her high school sweetheart, Jerry Bando, in June 1957. photo courtesy of Gerald Bando

A Life: MaryLou Bando, 1935-2019; ‘Everyone wanted to be around her’

by EmmaJean Holley Valley News CorrespondentJune 16, 2019August 4, 2025

Robin Nuse with her Pig and Wolf creations called "When Pigs Fly" and "Super Wolf" during the 2011 contest in Hanover, N.H. (Courtesy photograph)

A Life: Robin May Nuse, 1952-2019; ‘She had an extraordinary talent’

by David Corriveau Valley News Staff WriterJune 9, 2019August 4, 2025

Russell Smith, who volunteers five days a week at the library at the Samuel Morey School, eats lunch with second-grader Isaac Bradley-Swasey on March 4, 2010. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Life: Russell Benjamin Smith, 1932-2019; ‘He was the town welcoming committee’

by Katie Jickling Valley News CorrespondentMay 26, 2019August 4, 2025

Jim Jenks runs a grader over a fresh load of gravel for the Lyme, N.H., Highway Department on a muddy portion of Grafton Turnpike, March 13, 2016. Lyme road workers spent the weekend restoring roads to passable conditions after wet weather and an early thaw made travel difficult on some back roads. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A Life: James Lee Jenks, 1952 – 2019; ‘You can’t drive a stretch of road in Lyme without pointing out something Jimmy did’

by Jim Kenyon Valley News Staff WriterMay 19, 2019August 4, 2025

Dartmouth Medical School professor Elmer Pfefferkorn teaches a class in Hanover, N.H., in 1988. Pfefferkorn taught microbiology and virology and conducted groundbreaking, grant-support research on parasites. (Courtesy photograph)

A Life: Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, 1931-2019; ‘He was the real deal, very authentic’

by David Corriveau Valley News Staff WriterMay 12, 2019August 4, 2025

A dairy farm boy who grew up in neighboring West Corinth, Dave Carrier built his own Don Quixote-like wood castle house with an octagonal tower on land that was once part of his parent’s farm. (Courtesy Nancy J. Ertle)

A Life: David Charles Carrier, 1950-2019; ‘You couldn’t take the farmer out of him’

by John Lippman Valley News Staff WriterApril 28, 2019August 4, 2025

Joanne Goodnow mans the cash box during the Friends of Tunbridge Public Library’s 2015 plant sale.

A Life: Joanne Burke Goodnow 1934 — 2019; ‘She drew good, good-hearted people to her’

by David Corriveau Valley News Staff WriterApril 21, 2019August 4, 2025

From left, Kate and Jake Guest and Woody Rothe paddle down the Connecticut River on April 1, 1984, with a couple of folding chairs, paddles and a bottle of champagne. Their trip was cut short by the Hanover Police. (Valley News - Dan Hunting) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Life: Kate Guest, 1918-2019; ‘she was the best at everything she did’

by Tris Wykes Valley News Staff WriterApril 15, 2019August 4, 2025

Loretta Land during a visit to Lake Como in Italy in 2007. (Family photograph)

A Life: Loretta Ann Churney Land, 1946 — 2018; ‘she was always accepting of the individual

by Josh Weinreb Valley News Staff WriterApril 7, 2019August 4, 2025