Jane Frances Creed Perley, age 90, passed away peacefully on Aug. 12, 2025, at Merriman House in North Conway, N.H.
Jane was born September 22, 1934 in Haverhill, Mass., to Dr. John P. and Pearl Burton Creed.
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