Dover, N.H. --- Mildred Fay Rand, R.N., of 201 Watson Road and formerly of Whittier Street, died March 6, 2012 at the Watson Fields Assisted Living Facility.
Mrs. Rand was born April 22, 1907 in Lakeport, N.H., the daughter of Park S. and Hattie (Merrill) Fay. She was a graduate of Laconia High School and received her training as a nurse from the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover in 1926.
As a young graduate, she was employed in Paris, France as a nurse to the children of the United States Ambassador. Her later professional career included supervisory responsibilities at the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, and the Laconia Hospital. She served as the school nurse at the New Hampton School in the 1950’s, and taught nursing to University of Connecticut students in Manchester, CT in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Survivors include two sons, Frank H. Desmond and his wife Nella, of Maryland, David P. Desmond and his wife Cindy, of Moultonborough, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rand was predeceased by her husband, Philip C. Rand, her first husband, Frank H. Desmond, a son, Richard R. Desmond, and a granddaughter, Theresa Desmond.
A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at the family lot at Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, at a later date.
Donations may be made to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock/ DMS Office of Development - Nursing Education Fund, One Medical Center Drive HB 7070, Lebanon, NH 03756. Please make your check payable to Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital with the notation on the memo line----“In Memory of Mildred Rand – Nursing Education Fund.”
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. www.wilkinsonbeane.com