MILFORD, NH \u2013 Edith Alberta (Russell) DeVeau, 95, formally of Atkinson, NH and Haverhill, MA, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at Ledgewood Bay Assisted Living Facility in Milford, NH.<\/p>\n
Edith was born in Haverhill on November 13, 1928 to Albert L. and Amy U. (Snow) Russell. She was a graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1946.\u00a0 Edith worked as a teller at the Haverhill Cooperative Bank for many years, and then as a secretary at AT & T and Lucent Technologies. Along with enjoying day trips to Knubble Lighthouse along the coast road, Edith liked traveling to Florida. She and Donald were snowbirds, spending many winters in Ft. Pierce and Vero Beach Florida. Edith will be remembered dearly by those she has left behind as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.<\/p>\n
Edith is survived by her daughters Donna and her husband William Hopkins, of Bow, NH, Lee and her husband Robert Kifer, of Leominster, MA. She also leaves behind her grandchildren Jason Hopkins, Hannah Joy Hopkins-Smith and her husband Geoffrey Smith, Sarah and her husband Donald Thackeray, and Amy and her husband Connor Hansen.<\/p>\n
Edith was predeceased by her husband Donald L. DeVeau; and also her brothers Phil Keniston, Leslie Keniston, Sydney Russell and Stanley Russell, and her sisters Florence Belmont and Betty Hackett.<\/p>\n
ARRANGEMENTS: Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Saturday, January 20 from 9:30AM until 10:30AM, followed by Celebration of Life at 10:30AM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Burial to follow at the Walnut Grove Cemetery, 21 Grove St., Methuen. Memorial donations can be made in lieu of flowers to Atkinson Elder Services, 4 Main St., Atkinson, NH 03811. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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