Beatrice Mary Biddiscombe, 100, of Meredith died March 17, 2019, at Golden View Health Care Center, in Meredith.
Born in Lincoln, NH on March 29, 1918, she was the daughter of Frederick Joseph and Frances Mary (Poulin) Poirier.
Beatrice grew up in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln High School. She also was a graduate of Concord Business School, in Concord. She resided in Plymouth for a while and then moved to Meredith in the mid 1940's.
She worked for the State of New Hampshire as a secretary for the state Comptroller and then for many years for the Wallace Oil Company in Meredith.
Beatrice was predeceased by her husband of thirty-five years, William George Biddiscombe who died in December of 1962, three brothers, Edmond, Wilfred and Albert Poirier and a sister, Irene Lareau.
Beatrice is survived by a son, James Biddiscombe of Salt Lake City, Utah, her daughters, Marie French and her husband David, Adrienne True and her husband Keith, Madeline Manning and her husband Stephen, all of Meredith, seven grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. her sister, Madeline Hankard, of Durham, NH. and nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, May 6th, at 10am in the Saint Charles Borromeo Church, 300 NH Route 25, Meredith. The Rev. Msgr. Gerald R. Belanger, pastor, will be the celebrant. Burial will be held in the Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith
Memorial Donations may be made to the Lake Region Visiting Nurses Association, 186 Waukewan St., Meredith, NH. 03253.