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Audrey Elizabeth Sears

New London, New Hampshire

Audrey was born on June 31936 in New York City to Edgar and Adele Wildner. From an early age she valued education and academic achievement a passion that led her to pursue a degree at Cornell University in Ithaca New York. Being a Cornellianand the first woman in her family to graduate from collegewas one of her proudest accomplishments. It was at Cornell that Audrey met her husband Raymond W. Sears Jr. of West Orange New Jersey at a fraternity party on a blind date. They married in June of 1958 and shared 67 years of marriage at the time of Audreys passing. After graduation Audrey and Ray moved to Catonsville Maryland where they were happy to live close to family and soon began raising their own. Audrey and Ray welcomed three sons Raymond III Andrew and David. In 1967 the family moved to Mendham New Jersey where Audrey raised…

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Bruce J. Parsons

New London, New Hampshire

Bruce J. Parsons was born early on the morning of November 16 1954 on Staten Island NY the second of three children of Frank E. Parsons and Lorraine Marie Reed Parsons. He spent his first 14 years residing in Eltingville. At an early age he was introduced to Lake Sunapee NH where the family took their summer vacations renting a cabin at Sargents Lakeshore Cottages. They visited almost every year until 1964 when they were encouraged to purchase a permanent second home. In November of that year they took possession of a 48acre farm on Prospect Hill Road in Georges Mills. From 1965 through 1968 they spent their full summers there. After the summer of 1968 Bruce and his sisters told their parents they were moving to Georges Mills. The family took up fulltime residence in November 1968. Bruce graduated from Sunapee High School in 1972. He attended Portland School…

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Ellen Moore Taylor

Boscawen, New Hampshire

February 8, 2026

Ellen Moore Taylor, 69, of Manchester, NH, passed away on February 9, 2026 at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, surrounded by her loving family. Born on February 24, 195...

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