LACONIA -On the morning of Thursday, September 24, 2015, Barbara “BJ” Lane peacefully passed away in the arms of family, after a short battle with esophageal cancer.
She was born on February 12, 1933, in Holderness, N.H. a daughter of the late Elton Evans and Barbara (Paquette) Evans Slaughter. Barbara was raised in Campton and graduated from Plymouth High School, and helped her mother to run the town’s phone operation system. A few years later she met and married the love of her life, Joseph D. Lane, to whom she was married until his death in 1996. She lived in Laconia for 60 years, assisting her husband with their business, Laconia Office Machine, up through 1978, but took the greatest pride in her title as homemaker. She enjoyed planning events to bring family together, preparing and cooking sit down meals, and also going out to eat. Her cats were her family too. She loved to be at the lake, ocean or pool on a warm summer day and had to have fried clams at least once each summer. The biggest joy in her life was to spend time with her sons, their wives and her three grandchildren.
Members of her family include her sons: Dennis E. Lane and his wife Ava-lyn of Londonderry, N.H., Ronald J. Lane and his wife Cynthia of Oceanside, C.A.: grandchildren Britton Kyle Lane, Londonderry, N.H., Trevor Charles Lane, Fort Riley, KS., Nicole Marie Lane, Oceanside, CA.: and many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends who were all considered family. In addition to being predeceased by her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her sister Beverly Aldridge, and her brother Donald Young.
Visiting hours will be held at on Saturday, October 3, 2015 from 10AM to 12 Noon at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance. A celebration of Barbara’s life will immediately follow at Noon, also at the funeral home. A reception will be held in Laconia at the conclusion of the services, location to be announced. A private family burial will be held later in the day.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations may be made to the Activities Department, St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 406 Court Street, Laconia, NH 03246, or the NH Humane Society, PO Box 572,
Laconia, NH 03247
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.