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Gilford----- Anne L. (Dalzell) Batstone, 91, of 15 Bacon Drive, Gilford, NH, formerly of Leominster Mass., died peacefully at Genesis Eldercare in Laconia on Thursday, May 26 2005, after a short illness.
Anne was born on April 4, 1914, in Worcester, Mass. to Jonathan Dalzell and Marion (Stevenson) Dalzell. They had emigrated here from Ireland and Scotland respectively. She attended Worcester schools and met her future husband, Wilbert N. Batstone, when she was 18. "Bert" had come from Newfoundland to find work as an electrician.
They married in 1937 and settled in Leominster, Mass., where they ran Batstone Electric together and raised their two children, Donald and Jane. They also greatly enjoyed raising farm animals and vegetables on their land in the country, and shared a great fondness for the dogs that shared their home over the years.
They retired the first time to New Port Richey, Florida in 1969, and then to Laconia in 1972 to be near Jane and her children. Anne's greatest joy in life was always her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a wonderful homemaker, a great cook, and a good friend to everyone who knew her.
She leaves her son, Donald Batstone and his wife Patricia of The Villages in Florida; her daughter, Jane Bergeron, of Laconia; granddaughter Cheryl Batstone of Belleville, MI; granddaughter Robyn O'Neill and her husband Patrick of Smyrna, TN; grandson Bradley W. Bergeron and his wife Jodi of Laconia; grandson Randy Bergeron of Laconia; great-grandson Austin O'Neill of Smyrna, TN; and great-grandson, Blake Bergeron, of Laconia.
She was pre-deceased by her parents, her husband, her brothers Robert Dalzell and Sydney Dalzell and sister Adelaide (Dalzell) Floyd.
She also leaves many beloved nieces and nephews in New Hampshire Massachusetts, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Illinois, Georgia and Nevada, as well as many dear friends in Leominster and especially Gilford Knolls, and most especially her best friend, Murphy, her puppy companion these last eight years.
There will be no funeral, but the family will receive friends and neighbors at Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 from 5 to 7 pm using the Carriage House entrance.
Burial will be at the family's convenience at Hope Cemetery in Worcester, MA.
Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is in charge of the arrangements.
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