GILFORD - Phyllis H. Monahan, 91, of 344 Old Lake Shore Road, died Saturday, September 24, 2016 at CRVNA Hospice House in Concord.
She was born January 10, 1925, Glencliff, NH; daughter of Philip and Maude (Brooks) Derosia and a graduate of Plymouth High School. Mrs. Monahan lived in Laconia and Gilford since 1944 and a widow of Robert E. Monahan, Sr., who died January 15, 1988. Phyllis and Robert were married April 12, 1947. She worked as bookkeeper at Scott & Williams, Inc., and Rosen’s Clothing store, and as store clerk and cashier at Sweaterville.
She was a former Lakeport Girl Scout leader, former member of the Winnipesaukee Chapter of the Sweet Adelines and for many years a member and treasurer of the Lakeport Leavitt Park Community Club Association. She was a member of the Laconia-Gilford First United Methodist Church.
Family members include her son Robert E. Monahan, Jr., and his wife Karen of Laconia, daughter Colleen (Monahan) Drouin and her husband Richard of Bristol, daughter Patricia (Monahan) Magnuson and husband Robert of Claremont and her son and long time caregiver Thomas Monahan of Gilford, her grandchildren; Michaela Drouin of Manchester, Katie Drouin of Wakefield, NH, Cyndi (Magnuson) Stevens and her husband Brandon of Claremont, NH and Robert Magnuson III of Newport, NH and three great grandchildren; Zachary, Kayleigh and Dylan Stevens.
There will be no calling hours.
A funeral service will be held at 11:30AM on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church of Gilford, 18 Wesley Way in Gilford.
A private burial will be held in the family plot at Riverside Cemetery in Plymouth.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to CRVNA Hospice House, 30 Pillsbury Street, Concord, NH 03301.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.