Center Sandwich----Thelma M. Burrows, formerly longtime resident of Center Sandwich and Hobe Sound, Florida, died at the Forestview Manor in Meredith N.H. on Sunday, May 27, 2012 just shy of her 95th birthday.
Mrs. Burrows was born in Woburn, Mass., the daughter of Godfrey and Lumena (LeBlanc) Dumas. She resided in Billerica, Mass. before moving to Sandwich in 1933. She was a hairdresser for forty-one years and was owner of Thelie’s Beauty Shoppe in Center Sandwich.
Mrs. Burrows was a communicant of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. She was a member of the Sandwich Grange, a member of the Sandwich Women’s Club and was a member of the Sandwich School Board for a number of years.
Survivors include two sons , Richard Burrows and his wife, Joanne, of Branson, Missouri and William Burrows and his wife, Holly, of Moultonboro; two daughters, Mary Lou Harte and her husband, Bruce, of Port St. Lucie, Florida and Barbara Vachon of Washington, D.C.; ten grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; two great, great grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. Besides her parents Mrs. Burrows was predeceased by her husband of sixty-three years, Austin Burrows and four brothers and two sisters.
There will be no calling hours.
A Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM at the family lot in Rural Cemetery, Center Sandwich, N.H.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.