Gilford---Catherine L. Teele, 83, formerly of Gilford, died on Saturday October 8, 2011 at Forestview Manor, Meredith. She was the widow of Conrad P. Teele, who died in 2003.
Catherine was born January 22, 1928 in Newton, MA. The daughter of Harold R. and Helen B. (Kiley) Burbank, she had lived for many years in Waltham, MA before moving to Gilford in 1987.
Catherine graduated from Newton High School, Newton, MA, and from Newton Junior College. She earned a BS from the Boston University School of Nursing and later a Master’s Degree in Psychiatric Nursing from Salem State College. She worked at Charles River Hospital in Wesley, MA and at The Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia.
She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau and a member of International Nursing Society. In New Hampshire she was member of the Friends of Gilford Library.
Survivors include 2 sons, Kenneth H. Teele of Seattle, WA and Michael J. Teele of NY, NY; 2 daughters, Paula M. Baer of Laconia and Catherine M. Baker of Denver, CO; 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Beside her parents and husband, she was predeceased by a daughter, Karen E. Walsh, in 1989.
There are no calling hours.
Services will be held on Tuesday October 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia using the Carriage House entrance.
Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilford.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Community Health & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 or the Forestview Manor Activities Fund, 153 Parade Road, Meredith, NH 03253.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, www.wilkinsonbeane.com is assisting the family.