Honey C. Hastings, 79, of Temple, NH, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday December 10, 2022, in the Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH. She was born on March 15, 1943, in San Diego, CA. She was the daughter of the late Sheilah Putnam Sproul and Aaron Hiller Hastings. Honey was a resident of Temple for 22 years, where she was involved in many town organizations and committees. Honey was the current president of the Temple Historical Society where she spearheaded fundraising efforts to build a home for historic documents, art, and artifacts.
After graduating from Boston University Law School with a JD, she moved to New Hampshire and established her own practice as a “plain language” lawyer focusing on family law issues. Honey served as a family mediator for divorce and parental rights cases. She provided continuing education for attorneys, mediators, and others involved in family law issues. Honey was involved with legal and mediation organizations on a state and national level. She drafted legislation to update NH RSA’s dealing with divorce, alimony, parental rights, and mediation. She was the author of the NH Divorce Handbook, which she updated in 2007. Already retired from her law practice, she planned to retire from mediation cases at the end of 2022.
She is survived by her longtime life partner, Charles Eggert Jr. of Temple; a sister, Jan McLaughlin, of Londonderry, NH; her brother, James Sproul, IV and his wife Marilyn, of Arlington, TX; and a cousin, Marjorie Putnam, of TX. As a justice of the peace, she married her nephew DJ McLaughlin and his wife Krista Wepsic in 2014. She recently returned from the wedding of her niece Katie McLaughlin to her husband Amos Eshel in Seattle, WA. Other nephews and nieces including James Sproul V and Marjorie Sproul. She was a great-aunt to Malcolm and Willa Faith McLaughlin. Honey was predeceased by her mother Sheilah in 2019 and her brother-in-law John McLaughlin in 2021.
There are no calling hours. A memorial service will be announced at a later time. Memorial contributions may be made to the Temple Historical Society, PO Box 114, Temple, NH 03084. To donate online, https://templehistorical.org/support.html .