As we start the new year, lest “auld acquaintance be forgot,” we take a moment to reflect about some of those who died in 2021 who made a community impact during their lives in the Mount Washington Valley.
— Compiled by Tom Eastman
Luther Earl “Smitty Smith, 1923-2021. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
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Martha Coughlin Corrock, 1955-2021
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Gordon Mann in his early 20s. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Ray Stineford, one of the original founders of the Gibson Center for Senior Services, is shown with longtime original nutrition director Fran Lampidis at the center. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Skip and Joan Sherman are shown after receiving the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council's Bob Morrell Award for civic entrepreneurship in 2000. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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The late Bob Gordon and his faithful sidekick Champney on Mount Hale in 2012. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)
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Larry D. Miller purchased the Big Pickle Restaurant in North Conway 1975 and transformed it into an extension of his home.
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The Shaw Brothers (Rick and Ron, from left) are shown performing at the Eagle Mountain House in 2010. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler was a regular at the late Cliton Guptill's service station in Glen (where the Irving station is located today). The former middleweight boxing champ is seen here in 1991 at the station. (LLOYD JONES PHOTO)
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Tom- thank you for this annual look back on those we have lost, many of whom this year I knew as good friends. A recurring theme in all of these snapshots, from the humble to the famous, is how much they loved life in tge Valley. Peace be with them all.
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