Henry “Chip” Southwick Maxfield, Jr., 74, passed away peacefully at Mountain View Community on July 25, 2025, after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease.
A Wolfeboro native, Chip was born on May 15, 1951, at Huggins Hospital to Henry Southwick Maxfield and Elizabeth (Burchenal) Maxfield of Wolfeboro. Chip graduated from Carpenter Elementary School in 1965, Holderness in 1969 and the University of New Hampshire in 1973 after attending Kenyon College.
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