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Jim Barton with sons Charlie, center, and Jim, in at a 1984 high school all-star soccer game in West Point, N.Y. (Family photograph)

A Life: Jim Barton; 1937-2016, ‘He Was Very Motivated to See Things Through’

by Jared Pendak Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2016August 4, 2025

A fish escapes Freeman Robie's grasp in an undated photograph. He spent much of his free time on and along the Connecticut River. (Chris Mazzarella photograph)

A Life: Christopher Freeman Robie; ‘He Could Create Adventure’

by David Corriveau Valley News Staff WriterAugust 29, 2016August 4, 2025

Meter reader Helen Wallace stands by her Granite State Electric truck at the company's downtown Lebanon, N.H., office in September 1981. Wallace was the second female meter reader in New England and the company's first, a job she held from 1973 to 1987. (Family photograph)

A Life: Helen Wallace, New Hampshire’s First Female Meter Reader

by Katie Jickling Valley News CorrespondentAugust 22, 2016August 4, 2025

John McCrillis stands with Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens after the team clinched a tie for the Ivy League title in 2015. McCrillis and Teevens' father, Eugene, were classmates at Kimball Union Academy and Dartmouth. (Family photograph)

A Life: Newport’s John McCrillis Was ‘A Spokesperson for Everything That Is Good’

by Patrick Orsquogrady Valley News CorrespondentAugust 14, 2016August 4, 2025

Sidney Smith hauls milk cans from a Topsham-area farm to a creamery in Bradford, Vt. Smith started a trucking company when he was 20 in 1958 and hauled milk for 7 years. He died last month at 78. Courtesy photo

A Life: Sidney Smith Was the Unofficial Mayor of Topsham

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterAugust 8, 2016August 4, 2025

Gnomon Copy owner Gary Caplan, left, celebrates employee Sharman Renehan's birthday in March 2010 at the Hanover store. Joining them were co-workers Andy Leckart, Diana McRorie and Melissa Soendergaard. Caplan, who grew up in Claremont, died on April 26, 2016. He was 53. Courtesy photo

A Life: Gary Caplan, 1962-2016, Was ‘An Astute Gentleman Who Prized Civility Above All Else’

by John P. Gregg Valley News Staff WriterAugust 1, 2016August 4, 2025

Carole Blake directs the Upper Valley Community Band during a rehearsal in the music room of Hanover High School in Hanover, N.H., on January 20, 2014. Blake directed the band for over 25 years. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Life: Carole Blake ‘Was Absolutely Dedicated to the Teaching of Music’

by Henry Nichols Valley News CorrespondentJuly 28, 2016August 4, 2025

Bill Ackerly, left, his son John Ackerly and grandson Sammy Smith-Ackerly on their last hike up Mount Washington together in 2009. (Family photograph)

A Life: Bill Ackerly, 1928 — 2016; ‘He Was the Neatest Man’

by Dillon Walsh Valley News CorrespondentJuly 20, 2016August 4, 2025

Dell Betts, right, and Lois Page wait for contestants to arrive for the decorated cake competition during the Old Home Day celebration in Thetford Center, Vt., on July 2, 2011. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

A Life: Thetford’s Dell Betts ‘Touched a Lot of Lives in Different Ways’

by Jaimie Seaton For the Valley NewsJuly 11, 2016August 4, 2025

Nick Berry is kissed by his son Cylan and fiance Megan in April 2014 outside DHMC. (Family photograph)

A Life: Nick Berry, 1989-2016; He Died on His Wedding Day With Love in His Heart

by John Lippman Valley News Staff WriterJuly 6, 2016August 4, 2025