Maxine K. McKenzie of Albany, N.H., passed away on Nov. 17, 2017, at the age of 90.
She was raised by her parents George Chase and Viola Dudley Chase, surviving the years of the Great Depression up until early adulthood in rural East Hampstead, N.H. The family scratched by, with George doing welding repairs on town vehicles and local farm machinery and Viola putting up large volumes of home-grown vegetables.
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