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Stanley Bassett Coville

Male 1926 - 2013  (87 years)


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  • Name Stanley Bassett Coville 
    Born 22 Jan 1926  Rochester, Monroe County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Aug 2013 
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    • Union Leader, August 21, 2013
      Stanley Bassett Coville (Picture included)

      TAMWORTH - Stanley Bassett Coville, 87, a longtime community leader of Tamworth, and a forester with the New England Forestry Foundation for nearly four decades, died on Aug. 17, 2013.

      The son of Stanley Coville (Washington, D.C.) and Iris Bassett (Rochester, N.Y.), both graduates of Cornell University, Stan was born on Jan. 22, 1926, in Rochester, N.Y., and grew up in New Lisbon, N.J. He graduated from Pemberton High School and Pennsylvania State University, where he was president of his fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma, and also of the campus Christian Association.

      His love of the outdoors, and especially the White Mountains, came from his family's roots in agriculture and horticulture. His grandfather, Frederick V. Coville, who was the chief botanist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, led the development of the hybridization of the modern cultivated blueberry.

      The True Blu blueberry brand, and its delicious berries, were the product of a cooperative of New Jersey and North Carolina berry farmers, led by Stan's father. As a boy, Stan spent summers working in blueberry fields, learning the production process of one of the most successful blueberry operations on the East Coast.

      Stan's love of New Hampshire came from childhood summers in Greenfield, where his family vacationed each August after the blueberry harvest. He decided early on that he would grow up to be a forester in New Hampshire. After college and a summer fighting forest fires in California, he worked for the New England Forestry Foundation for 38 years.

      Later, based in Wonalancet, a hamlet of Tamworth, Stan worked as an independent land surveyor and forester. His contributions to sustaining good land and forestry practices in the state of New Hampshire were recognized by many organizations, including the American Forestry Institute, the Society of American Foresters, and the Carroll County Cooperative Extension Council.

      He married Nancy Read on Aug. 25, 1950 - together this week for 62 years. With his support she started the first kindergarten/preschool in Tamworth, where she continues her work 50 years later. Stan was a dedicated community member, serving on the Tamworth School Board for 10 years, the Tamworth Outing Club for 62 years, as a member of the vestry of St. Andrew's Church, and as a founding member of the Wonalancet Preservation Association. He lived his passions as a friend of the New England Sled Dog Club, square dancing in Tamworth, and baseball for all ages.

      Stan is survived by wife Nancy, his daughter Andrea, son Ned, sister Marie, and six grandchildren, Mackenzie, Nicholaus, Read, Dean, Zachary and Sophia, who adored him..

      services: A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 31, noon, at the Wonalancet Chapel, next to the Coville home. The arrangements are being handled by Lord Funeral Home, Center Ossipee. His family would appreciate any donations made in Stan's memory to the Tamworth Outing Club.
    Person ID I31563  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2013 

    Father Stanley Coville,   b. 13 Aug 1893, Lockport, Niagara County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1967, New Lisbon, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Iris Marie Bassett,   b. 14 Jun 1895, Bergen, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F11552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Read 
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2013 
    Family ID F11553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart