Martha P. Costello

Martha P. Costello, 89, passed away Tuesday morning, January 3, 2012, at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. Mrs. Costello was born in Concord, NH on April 16, 1922, a daughter of Thure and Hildur (Magnuson) Peterson. Martha was raised in Concord and was a graduate of Concord High School and received her degree from Concord School of Business, where she met her husband M. Herbert Costello. She moved to Berlin in 1946. She was an office manager for many years at Richards and Son in Berlin. She was a member of St. Kieran Church and the MESH Club. Family members include her daughter Nancy Forestall and her husband Timothy of Berlin, a granddaughter Katherine Forestall of Raymond, ME, a great granddaughter Elizabeth of Raymond, ME, two sisters, Esther Fontaine of Penacook, NH and Margaret Dresser of New Bern, NC, several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband Michael Herbert Costello in 1978, by a sister Anna Sutton and by a brother Warren Peterson. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin on Friday January 6, 2012 from 10 to 11 AM. Services will follow in the funeral home at 11 AM. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Berlin. Donations in her memory may be made in lieu of flowers to either the Coos County Nursing Home Activities Fund or to the Brown School Playground Fund.