Robert Leslie Hatch, recently of North Haverhill, N.H., passed away on Sept. 11, 2011, at Sartwell Place Assisted Living Facility in Whitefield, N.H., where he had resided for four months. He was 79 years old.
Bob was born in Newburyport, Mass., on Nov. 8, 1941. He is the son of Warren Leslie Hatch and Gladys (White) Hatch.
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