Alda P. Barnett, 93, passed away at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook on Tuesday evening, Dec. 21, 2021, after a short period of illness.
She was born in Errol, N.H., on Sept. 16, 1928, a daughter to the late Arvilla (Sweatt) and Alton Porter, Sr. She graduated from high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., and later worked for a period of time for Sears & Roebuck Co. in Boston and would often bring presents home to her family.
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