Nathan Harold Hughes, 88, was called home to his Lord and Savior on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Nate slipped away peacefully at Mineral Springs Health Care in North Conway, N.H., attended by his nurses, after a period of declining health and the increasing complications associated with dementia.
Born in Laconia, N.H., on April 24, 1932, he was the first of five children born to Bert K. and Mary Elva (Morrison) Hughes.
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