Oscar E Foote

Oscar E. Foote Sr.
CENTER HARBOR - Oscar E. Foote Sr. of 81 Daniel Webster Highway passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on September 10, 2016 at the home of his daughter Donna Foote Wall 11 days before his 98th birthday.
Born in Concord on September 21, 1918 he was the second born and eldest son of Henry B. Foote and Roseanna (Mitchell) Foote in a family of twelve siblings.
He grew up in Meredith, Laconia, Concord and Penacook and lived for a little while as a boy in New Brunswick Canada where his Mother had been born.
He loved dogs and in his youth had a small sled dog team winning ribbons in the New England Sled Dog Derby Junior competition.
He was married at 18 and a Dad at 19 and spent his whole life dedicated to providing for his family and trying to treat other people as he wanted to be treated.
During World War II he joined the Navy receiving training at Wentworth Institute in Boston and serving as Fireman 2/class aboard the LST 378 Land Sea Transport ship in France and England. At one point during the war he and two of his five brothers were all serving at the same time.
After returning to civilian life he and his wife Ozie settled in Norfolk VA where he worked for New Car Carriers and where they had a small farm. In a few years they set out for the sunny state of Florida where he worked for Duval Engineers in Jacksonville installing and maintaining the pumping systems which allowed excavation in wet areas including construction at Cape Canaveral which later became Cape Kennedy.
In 1963 they returned to their roots in New Hampshire where he continued to use his skills as a heavy equipment mechanic, working for AJ Paquette & Sons Paving, Cantin Chevrolet and Person's Concrete before retiring to raise raspberries with his wife which they sold at Moulton's Farm in Meredith. It pleased him that people would be waiting at the farm stand to buy their berriesHe was predeceased by his wife of 63 years Ozelina (Hammell) who died in 2001 and his daughter Charleen Balazs who died in 2000.
Survivors include his daughter Donna Wall and her husband Thomas of Center Harbor; his son Oscar E. Foote Jr. of New Hampton; two grandchildren, Belonie Paquette Grant and her husband Timothy of Biddeford ME; Danielle Paquette Horne and her husband Ryan of Ashland NH; two sisters, Margaret Rondeau of Suncook; Irene Nickerson of Penacook; two sisters-in law, Katherine Foote of Penacook; Gloria Foote also of Penacook plus numerous nieces and nephews.
A beloved Father, Grandfather, and Brother he will be missed by all whom he cared for and all who cared for him.
Family and friends may call at the home of Tom and Donna Wall, 81 Daniel Webster Highway, Center Harbor on Saturday September 17 from l-4 pm. Burial will be at a later date. The Mayhew Funeral Home in Meredith is in charge of the arrangements.