LACONIA — Todd Emery Frazier, 57 of 64 Church St. past away very unexpectedly Wednesday morning February 8, 2012 at his home in Laconia. Todd was born September 22, 1954 in Laconia to Charles and Louise Frazier of Gilford, NH. He was a graduate of Laconia High School and a resident of Gilford and later Laconia his entire life.
Todd was employed by the Belknap Mill in Laconia as a custodian, caretaker, and all around “Joe Friday.” He loved the mill and what it stood for; a love handed to him by his mother, Louise Frazier of Louise Frazier Books in Gilford. She was a proponent of the mill as a community cultural and meeting place and was instrumental in starting and working the annual book sale the mill has each year. Todd was very much a part of that while his mother was alive and from there his love grew for the mill. He was always concerned in the way the mill was projected and perceived by the community and worked tirelessly to better the mill and its occupants. The Mill represented a bond between the history of Laconia and the people now living here and that interest Todd ever so much.
For many years Todd was a fixture in downtown Laconia as he had worked at the Sundial Shop, several deli’s and the food counter at the Bloom's Department store. Growing up Todd developed an early interest in books and reading. He had amassed a very respectable comic book collection and was an avid stamp collector in his younger years. His real passion when it came to books however; was Science Fiction & Fantasy, his apartment was a reflection of this with numerous book cases of SF & F books, futuristic art on the walls, and mementoes of the many Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Star Trek conventions he had traveled to. This interest led him to Ed Meskys of Moultonborough with whom he edited and helped publish a quarterly “Fanzine” about the genre of Science Fiction & Fantasy entitled “Niekas” for many years.
Todd was never married, but left behind family members and countless friends who loved him very much. Of his family members; he most cherished the time he spent with his numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and nephews more than anything else, always ready to play and read to them, he so loved the Christmases spent at there homes. He will also be missed by his close friend Sue McLaughlin and several companions at the apartments where he lived and enjoyed many a riotous game of cribbage. Todd was a formidable foe at the cribbage board and a purveyor of wit and wisdom at every game.
Todd was predeceased by his parents Charles and Louise Frazier of Gilford and leaves behind two sisters, two brothers: Tara and Dennis Hall of Howie-in-the-Hills Florida, Nadine and William Huard and family of Meredith, Kermit Frazier and family of Blake Rd, New Hampton, and Sherwood and Sandra Frazier and family of Laconia; as well as many nieces and nephews, and their extended families throughout the Lakes Region.
There will be no viewing hours; but a celebration of Todd’s life will be held at the Belknap Mill on Saturday February 18, 2012 between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM. All who knew him are welcome to attend, there will be light refreshments and people are encouraged to make donations to the Belknap Mill Society in his name.