William L. Dupont, 84, of Gorham, N.H., passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at the Merriman House in North Conway.
He was born in Berlin, N.H., on Nov. 1, 1936, the son of Leo and Dorothy (McGivney) Dupont, and lived most of his life in the Berlin-Gorham area.
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