Noreen Elizabeth Crawford

Noreen Elizabeth Crawford, 66, of Dana Hill Rd., New Hampton, passed away at the Mountain Ridge Nursing Home, in Franklin, on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.Born in Plymouth, NH on June 19, 1944, she was the daughter of Charles H. and Marion (Malone) Crawford. She was raised in the area attending local schools. She earned her teaching certificate from Plymouth State College and graduated from UNH in 1966. She was a member of the "WIN" Program (work incentive program) and spent one school year living and working in Colorado. After graduation she spent two years volunteering in the Peace Core from July of '67 -'69, where she was stationed in El Salvador as a nutritional educator (RAM clinic).In her teaching career she was a history teacher at the Linwood School, in Lincoln from 1972 until her retirement in 1995. Throughout her life, Noreen was very active in the New Hampton and Ashland communities, volunteering her time in many local organizations including: the Ashland Women's Club (past president), board member of the Ashland Food Pantry and Community Center, chairwoman of the Community Council of Ashland, Christmas Night & Town Wide Yard Sale, member of the church council of St. Agnes Catholic Church, "Descause Sisters", in Concord, the New Hampton Old Home Day Committee, and Books for Newborns at Speare Hospital. She was also a member of the Squam Lake Grange #258, Pemigewassett Valley Pomona #8, and State and National Grange achieving all 7 degrees.She worked in her retirement at the Ashland Town Library from 1995 until just recently when she became ill. She had many hobbies, knitting, reading, music and traveling; an organist, she played for the Ashland Methodist Church, Holderness Community Church, and St. Agnes Church, in Ashland.She is predeceased by her half-brother, Robert Crawford, of Fl.Noreen is survived by her brother, Eben Crawford and wife Patricia, of Lisbon; sister, Kathleen Donoghue and husband John, of New Hampton; niece, Serenity Moodey and husband Tim, of Lisbon; two grandnephews, and many friends throughout the lakes region.Memorials:In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Ashland Food Pantry and Ashland Town Library, or to a charity of one's choice.Visitation:Calling hours will be held Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Mayhew Funeral Home, 12 Langdon St., Plymouth, from 7:00 through 9:00 pm.Service:A funeral mass will be celebrated at the St. Agnes Catholic Church, of Ashland, on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 11:00 am. Cemetery:Interment will be held in the spring at the Park Street Cemetery, Tilton.