Obituaries

Henry O. Rayno
Dies; Wilmot Fire Dept Founder
WILMOT FLAT ----- Henry O. Rayno, 67

Died yesterday Dec. 23 1974 at New London
Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born in Wilmot Flat and retired in 1952
after serving 22 years in the Maintenance Dept.
of Colby College-New Hampshire, New London.

Earlier he worked 18 years as manager of the
former N.P. Clough Co,. Wilmot Flat branch.
Mr. Rayno was a founder and charter member
of the Wilmot Fire Dept. and was chief for many
years. He was a past president of the Merrimack
County Forest Wardens Assn. and was Wilmot
police chief many years, overseer of the poor
and one of the first members of the Wilmot Planning Board, a former member of Kearsarge
Grange and a member of the Wilmot CommunityAssn. and a member of the Kearsarge Athletic Assn.

Members of the family include his wife, Mrs Evangeline
(Berube)Rayno of Wilmot Flat; a daughter, Mrs. Robert
O'Brien of Nashua N.H.; four sons Gerald F. Rayno, Keith A. Rayno and Peter J. Rayno, all of Wilmot Flat, and David B. Rayno of North Sutton N.H.; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Maurice Rayno and John L. Rayno, both of Wilmot Flat;
two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Carter of Hanover and Mrs. Hazel Judkins of Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.; nieces, nephews and cousins.

Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Potter Place. Rev. Thomas Keenen, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Chadwick Funeral Home, New London Wednesday 7:30 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to the Wilmot Scholarship Fund.

Oliver Rayno, Well Known Farmer Dies

Franklin N.H. Nov.18  Oliver Rayno a well known farmer in the Flag Hole district, died last night. He was born in Canada, April 19, 1853, and came to the state when young. He is survived by four sons and five daughters including Albert Rayno of Andover, LouisRayno of New London, Joseph and Wilfred Rayno of Franklin, Mrs. Elizabeth Bergeron of Fall River Mass. Mrs. Millie Ward of Andover, Mrs. Mabel Marceau of Whitman, Mass. Mrs. Alice White of Vancouver, B.C. and Mrs. Irene Sowa of Cranston, R.I. He leaves also a brother, Peter Rayno of Fort Ann N.Y., three half-brothers, William and Frank Rayno of Andover and Henry Rayno of Franklin, and two half-sisters, Mrs. .Elsie Smith and Mrs. Jennie Robie of Franklin. He attended St. Paul's Catholic Church.

 Ellen M Fellows

Mrs. Ellen M. Fellows of Wilmot Flat died there of pneumonia last Thursday at the home of her oldest daughter, Mrs. Ernest Howard, of Mountain View Farm at the age of 81 years and 7 days. She was taken ill last Sunday and passed away without much suffering, and in such a beautiful way that we all might wish we could go the same way. She is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. George Sweatt of Warner and Mrs. Pascal Rayno, one brother George Towle of Roslindale, Mass., one sister, Mrs. Mary A. Ford of Franklin, and eleven grandchildren. The funeral services were held at the Freewill Baptist Church at Wilmot Flat. Rev. Mr. Wilson officiating.  He spoke words of comfort and cheer to the bereaved ones. She was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery. She was a member of the Good Templar's and the Ladies' Aid society of the church. She was a dear good mother and grandmother as well as a kind neighbor and friend to all.

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