Laconia----Shirley Newell Bacon, 87, of 28 Kinsman Drive died on Tuesday at Genesis-Laconia Center after a brief illness.
Mrs. Bacon was the wife of Howard L. Bacon. She was born September 21, 1923 in Swampscott, Mass., the daughter of Ruth I. (Munsey) Bristol and Capt. Ralph B. Bristol. She attended Randolph Macon Women's College and San Diego State University. She married Howard Bacon in December 1943 and moved to Laconia in 1947. For her entire life in the Lakes Region, she remained active as a substitute teacher and volunteer in local organizations including the Lakes Region General Hospital Auxiliary and the Lakes Region United Way. She was a life-long member of the Congregational Church and locally a member of the Laconia Congregational Church since 1947. She was active in its local activities including the Church's commitment to refugee resettlement.
Survivors include her husband, Howard, of Laconia, her son, Howard Newell Bacon, and his wife, Dalli Chung Bacon, of New York City, her son, David Willard Bacon, of Sanbornton, her daughter, Janet (Bacon) Garrison, and her husband, Stephan Pope Garrison, of Lexington, Kentucky; four grandchildren, Daniel Garrison and his wife, Lorraine, Laura (Garrison) Gallaher and her husband, Jared, Allicia (Garrison) Searl and her husband, Brady, and Elizabeth Janet Bacon; one great granddaughter, Amelia Claire Garrison, and three nieces and four grandnieces and grandnephews.
There will be no calling hours.
A Memorial Service will be held at the Laconia Congregational Church, 69 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH at 3:00PM on Friday, June 10, 2011. Rev. Paula Gile, Associate Pastor of the Church, will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Dorcas Fund of the Laconia Congregational Church, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia, N.H. 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.