Obituaries

SPC Marc Paul Decoteau, 19, died Jan. 29, 2010,
while serving with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.
He was born in Newburg, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1990, to Marc F. and Nancy A.
(Griffeth) Decoteau. Graduated from Waterville Valley Elementary School
and then from Plymouth Regional High School in 2008. 

He was an outstanding student-athlete, playing lacrosse and football at
Plymouth High, winning two state football championships
He was a member of Rumney Baptist Church, Rumney.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army after his graduation in 2008.
He was stationed in Afghanistan as part of a Psychological Operations
unit based out of Fort Bragg, N.C.

Family members, in addition to his parents of Waterville Valley, include
a sister, Medora A. Decoteau and a brother, Andrew W. Decoteau, both of
Waterville Valley; his paternal grandmother, Theresa M. (Marcotte) Dodge
of Norway, Maine; his maternal grandparents, Burton R. and Marion F.
(Hubert) Griffeth of Spring Lake, N.C.; and aunts, uncles and cousins.