Meredith-------Alberta “Bud” S. Heath, 93, of 10 Beech Hill Road and formerly of 421 Jamestown Road, Belmont, died on Monday, September 13, 2010. Mrs. Heath was the widow of John N. Heath who died in 2002.
Mrs. Heath was born July 2, 1917 in Windsor, Vermont, the daughter of Ernest and Hattie (Kern) Smith. She lived in Laconia for several years before moving with her husband to Silver Lake in Belmont in 1947. They renovated their one room seasonal home into a year round family residence. For the past three years, she had been residing with her daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Rick, in Meredith.
Mrs. Heath had been employed by Scott & Williams and by the Lakes Region Mental Health Center.
Throughout her life, Mrs. Heath enthusiastically shared her life with her family and friends. She enjoyed her time with them, cooking, baking, canning, gardening and caring for her home. She was always impeccably dressed and enjoyed her many friends from multiple generations.
Mrs. Heath is survived by two daughters, Brenda Phelan of Candia and Susan O’Callaghan and her husband, Rick, of Meredith; a special friend, Karin Karagozian, of Center Harbor, lovingly referred to as her “ middle daughter”; a granddaughter, Colleen Bolton, and her husband, Greg, of Candia; two great grandsons, Patrick and Garrett, also of Candia and a niece, Judith Rayno, and her husband, Jim, of Wilmot Flat, N.H. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a sister, Alma Cutler, and by a nephew, Alan Cutler.
There will be no calling hours.
A graveside service will be held on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 11:00AM at the family lot in Union Cemetery, Academy Street, Laconia, N.H.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Health & Hospice, Inc., 780 North Main Street, Laconia, N.H. 03247
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is in charge of the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.