LACONIA - Beverly Ann (Newton) Martin, 82, of the Taylor Community in Laconia, passed away on April 6, 2018.
She was born to Fred and Ethel Newton on September 21, 1935, at their home on Stewart Lake in Kent, Ohio. Bev Graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Home Economics and a minor in Health Education. She taught at Gilford Middle-High School for 18 years. Bev met David William Martin while at Kent State and they married on August 24, 1958. The family moved to New Hampshire in 1968, where Bev and Dave lived in several homes in Gilford, one of which she designed. They eventually moved to the Woodside Building at Taylor shortly after its opening.
Bev was an active member of the Laconia Congregational Church for over 45 years. She was a member of the choir, the Altar Guild, the Caring Connection, and many other groups within the church community. Bev was an engaged member of the P.E.O and the Opechee Garden Club. Bev loved music and sang with the Pemigewasset Choral Society, the Friendship Chorus, and the Taylor Chorus. She also took on many roles within the Taylor Community, such as decorating and welcoming new residents to the building.
Aside from her parents, Bev is pre-deceased by her husband, David W. Martin of Laconia; brother and sister, Eugene and Martha Newton of Kent, Ohio and her sister-in-law, Donna Winner of Sebring, Ohio.
Bev is survived by her son, Robert A. Martin, and his wife, Carol Smigo, of Boxborough, Massachusetts; her daughter, Cheryl L. Nickerson, and her husband, Thomas M. Nickerson, of Concord, New Hampshire; her grandson, Ryan D. Nickerson, also of Concord, New Hampshire; her brother-in-law, Dee Winner of Sebring, Ohio; and two nieces.
There will be no calling hours.
A celebration of life will be held at 11AM on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Laconia Congregational Church, 69 Pleasant Street, Laconia.
A private interment will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the P.E.O. International, 3700 Grand Avenue • Des Moines, Iowa 50312.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.