Belmont-----Doralyn M. Harper, 79, of 12 Heritage Terrace, died at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Laconia on Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Doralyn was born November, 30, 1932 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the daughter of Atwood N. and Doris M. (Macie) Hardy. She had been a resident of Belmont since 1954 and was a communicant of St. Joseph Parish where she was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society.
Doralyn had been employed by the Town of Belmont for twenty-four years before retiring in July, 1999. She was the Clerk for the Town Clerk-Tax Collector from 1975-1985, Deputy Town Clerk-Tax Collector from 1985-1988, Town Clerk–Tax Collector from 1989 until retiring in June, 1999. She was a member and clerk of the Belmont Planning Board from 1955-1988 and the Zoning Board Clerk from 1986-1988 and was reelected to both boards from 1992-1995.
Doralyn was very active in her community. She was a member of the Shaker Regional School Board from 1979-1996, Chairman of Supervisory Union #46 from 1989-1996 and was Bail Commissioner from 1983-2000. She had been a member of the Belmont Rotary Club since 1988 and served as the Club’s first president. At that time, she was the first female president of a Rotary Club in New Hampshire. Doralyn also served on the Advisory Board of the First Deposit National Bank in 1988. She was also a member of the Friendly Club, the Unsociable Club, the Belmont Senior Center Advisory Board and the Belmont Fire Belles.
Doralyn enjoyed the theater, reading, watching the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots and her camp in Lebanon. The ocean was her haven.
Survivors include a son-in-law, Jerry Baron, three grandchildren, Jeremy Baron & his wife, Holly, Eric Baron and his wife, Jennifer, and Tonya Baron and two great grandchildren, Brooke Baron and Riley Baron, all of North Berwick, Maine; a brother-in-law, Donald Flanders, and two nephews, Steve Flanders and Jeffrey Flanders, all of Laconia. In addition to her parents, Doralyn was predeceased by a daughter, Tammy Baron, in 2010 and by two sisters, Loraine Flanders in 1982 and Bonnie-Jean Monahan in 2011.
Calling hours will be held on Monday, February 20, 2012 from 4:00-6:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:00AM at St. Joseph Parish, 96 Main Street, Belmont, N.H.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph Parish, P.O. Box 285, Belmont, NH 03220.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.