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- Union Leader, January 25, 2011
Hazel P. Marlow (Picture included)
SANDOWN -- Hazel P. (Bassett) Marlow, 89, died Jan. 23, 2011, in Parkland Medical Center, Derry.
She was born in Sandown, May 31, 1921, to Raymond and Priscilla (Knights) Bassett. Following her graduation from Keene Teacher's College she spent time in Vermont, teaching and also raising her family. She returned to Sandown in 1981 and immediately became a dedicated supporter of the Sandown Public Library. She was a member of the Friends of the Library for more than 25 years and served the town as a library trustee for two terms and worked at the Sandown Public Library for more than 18 years.
She was also an active member of St. Matthew United Methodist Church, the Timberlane Hampstead Sanborn Retired Educators Association, the Sandown 60+ Club and the Old Meeting House Historical Association of Sandown.
IN HER LIFE: In 2009, for all her selfless hard work and countless hours of volunteering, Hazel was honored as Sandown Citizen of the year. She enjoyed gardening and canning, feeding and caring for the birds, watching the Red Sox and taking care of her grandchildren.
A devoted mother and grandmother she is survived by five children, Linda Dempsey and her husband, Jack, of Gastonia, N.C., Ronald Marlow and his wife, Kathy, of Orlando, Fla., Alan Marlow and his wife, Cheryl, of Weston, Mass., Sandra Fitzgerald of Mansfield, Mass., and Sharon Gibbons and her husband, Robert, also of Mansfield.
She is also survived by nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Martha Sargent of Springfield, Va., and Eleanor Bassett of Sandown; eight brothers, Charles Bassett of Naples, Fla., Donald Bassett of Northwood, Wendell Bassett of Epsom, William Bassett of Greensboro, Ga., David Bassett of Hampstead, and Kenneth Bassett, Carroll Bassett and Irving Bassett, all of Sandown; and by many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Francis M. Marlow.
SERVICES: Calling hours will be Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. in Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch Street, Derry. Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Matthew United Methodist Church, Sandown. Burial will be held in spring in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
Donations may be made to St. Matthew United Methodist Church, 328 Main St., Sandown 03873 or to Friends of the Sandown Public Library, PO Box 580, Sandown 03873.
To send a condolence or for more information, please visit, www.peabodyfuneralhome.com <http://www.peabodyfuneralhome.com/>.
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1921 - 2011 (89 years)