Laconia-----Margaret P. Ball, 85, of 30 County Drive, died at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Mrs. Ball was the widow of John P. Ball, who died in 2009.
Mrs. Ball was born February 2, 1926 in Franklin, N.H., the daughter of Roy and Minnie R. (Kidder) Powell. She graduated from Charlestown High School, Charlestown, NH and had attended Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass. She was a longtime resident of the Lakes Region.
Mrs. Ball had been an elementary school teacher in Berkley, Mass. She also had been a receptionist for Dr. Sidney Schohan and Dr. David Livingston in Laconia, was the Belknap County Welfare Director in Laconia, Rockingham County Welfare Director in Exeter, N.H. and was Office Manager for U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman in Portsmouth, N.H. She retired in 1989.
Mrs. Ball was a member of the Gilford Community Church, a member and past president of the Lakeport Woman’s Club and a member and past president of the N.H. Welfare Administrators Association.
Survivors include four sons, Robert D. Ball and his wife, Barbara, of Yorktown, Virginia, Reed A. Ball and his companion, Sally Johnson, of Thousand Oaks, California, Roy A. Ball of Manchester and Richard G. Ball and his wife, Judy, of Laconia; a daughter, Roslyn B. Roy and her husband, Kevin, of Gilford; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren, one niece and two nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Ball was predeceased by two brothers, Forrest Powell and Donald Powell and by a sister, Madeline Fraser.
Memorial calling hours will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 4:00-5:30PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. A Memorial Service will follow the calling hours at 5:30PM also at the Funeral Home. Rev. Michael Graham, Pastor of the Gilford Community Church, will officiate.
Burial will be at a later date at the Raymond C. Wixson Memorial Garden, Gilford, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to New Beginnings, 832 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246.
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.