Obituary: Catherine J. Fernald

 

  

Catherine J. Fernald

May 1, 1955 - November 19, 2015 Dover NH- Catherine 'Cathy' Joanne (James) Fernald 60, of Dover, died at home surrounded by love on November 19, 2015. Cathy was born May 1, 1955, the daughter of Napoleon James and Mildred (Hodgdon) Carter. Donald Carter was her loving step-father. Survived by her family; two sons and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Leigh and his wife, Holly of East Wakefield, NH and Christopher Leigh of Wells, Maine; 7 grandchildren, Kendal, Payton, Chad, Makenna, Logen, Ariah and Landin; 2 brothers and 6 sisters, Michael James of Lebanon Maine, Raymond James of Rochester, Janice Grant of Gonic, Margaret Marcou of Rollinsford, Linda Wallingford of Somersworth, Donna Budlong of Rochester, Charlene Paul of Dover and Nancy Smith of Dover; 21 nieces and nephews and many cousins. She has been reunited with her parents, a niece Malinda Paul and three nephews, Jesse Paul, Wayne Tuck Carter, Jr. and Dennis Tuck. She is deeply missed and will be lovingly remembered, always.

Obituary: Joseph Henry Dixon

 

Joseph Henry Dixon

November 9, 2015

Rochester, NH- Joseph Henry Dixon, 58, of 63A Lafayette Street died Monday Nov. 9, 2015 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital after a brief illness.

He was born Jan. 27, 1958 the son of the late Arthur Dixon and Shirley (Matteson) Corliss.

He has resided in Rochester all of his life and worked at many shoe factories as a laster. He enjoyed playing games on his cell phone, swimming, working on cars, and babysitting.

Members of his family include his wife of 9 years, Georgianna (Kibbe) Dixon, Rochester; son, Joseph H. Dixon, Jr of Somersworth, NH; 10 grandchildren; brothers, Arthur of Concord, NH, Richard of Lebanon, ME., William of Ossipee; and Daryl of Gohram, ME; sister, Sandra Kimball of RI; one uncle Henry Matteson of RI. Many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by a brother David Dixon and, sister Robin Ljubic.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday Nov. 28, 2015 from 2-4PM at their home in Rochester NH.

State of Maine Dept of Health and Human Services Looks to Ban "Junk Food" Candy and Sugary Drinks from SNAP Program Purchases.

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) – Maine's commissioner of Health and Human Services is calling on the federal government for a waiver, allowing the state to prevent food stamps from being used to purchase soda and candy.
Commissioner Mary Mayhew says the new policy would improve the health of low income Mainers while strengthening the integrity of the food stamp program. She says the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is meant for the essentials, not sugar filled soda and candy.
"It seems only logical that in a self proclaimed nutrition assistance program that sugary food and beverages would be off the menu", said Mayhew.
Advocates for families struggling with hunger say banning those items is a bad idea. They say this is just another attempt to discourage the needy from getting benefits.
"The SNAP benefits are dismal at best, I think they're $4.00 a day for all 3 meals, so there are a limited amount of benefits and families are doing all they can to buy the foods that they need, that are healthy", said Michelle Lamm, Director of the Maine Hunger Initiative.
Several other states have requested similar waivers to allow the ban. They all have been denied.

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