Florence Hamlin Peabody

Florence (Hayes) Peabody, 100, formerly of Shelburne, NH passed away on Saturday March 5, 2011 at the Coos County Nursing Home in Berlin. She was born in Jefferson, NH on Aug. 14, 1910 the daughter of Uriah and Lucy (Davis) Hayes and lived most of her life in Shelburne before moving to Dummer in 1942. She taught in the rural schools of Percy, Shelburne and Dummer and retired in 1970 from the Berlin School System after teaching for 31 years. Florence was a member of the Winthrop Grange #315 in Shelburne and a former member of the Emily Flint Rebekah Lodge in Milan. Members of the family include a daughter Cheryl Partain and her husband Louis of Colorado; step daughters Averil Florio of Brockton, MA and Janet Savage and her husband Chet of Jefferson, NH and Arizona; 8 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; sisters Cecelia Andrew and her husband Jack and Mary Rix; many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her first husband Ray Hamlin in 1983 and by her second husband Francis Peabody in 2001. SERVICES: There will be no calling hours. A funeral service will be held on Saturday May 21, 2011 at 2 PM at the Milan United Methodist Church, Milan, NH. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Milan. Arrangements are by the Bryant Funeral Homes, Berlin & Gorham, NH. Anyone who wishes may make a donation in her memory to a charity of ones choice.