Sylvia T. Kelleher
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Laconia-------Sylvia T. Kelleher, 78, of 277 Court Street, died at the Lakes Region General Hospital on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Mrs. Kelleher was the widow of Edward J. Kelleher, Jr. who died in 2008.

Mrs. Kelleher was born January 20, 1931 in Boston, Mass., the daughter of Howard and Helen (Murphy) Schofield. She lived in Dover before moving to Laconia in 1971.

Mrs. Kelleher loved her family and many friends and loved bingo and knitting.

Mrs. Kelleher is survived by two sons, Howard D. Kelleher of Laconia and Christopher J. Kelleher and his wife, Andrea, of Concord; three daughters, Cheryl A. Hughes and her husband, Mark, of Forsyth, Illinois, Terri L. Moyers and her husband, Bernie, of Alton and Christine A. Drew and her husband, Grant, of Sanbornton; nine grandchildren, Joshua, Michael, Jared, Michael, Megan, Evan, Sarah, Kaitlyn and Daniel; a sister, Honey Lenane, of Boston; two sisters-in-law, Jean Buonopane of Quincy, Mass. and Anne Corbin of Tiverton, Rhode Island and several nephews and nieces.

There will be no calling hours.

A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 2:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.

Burial will be in the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Health & Hospice, Inc., 780 North Main Street, Laconia, N. H. 03246 or to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105-1942.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is in charge of the arrangements.