Gilmanton---James W. Ferriman, age 91, of Gilmanton, NH, formerly of Wayne, Pennsylvania, husband of Alice B. (Nicholas) Ferriman, died peacefully at home on June 10, 2012.
Born in Artesia, NM, to Walter W. and Elizabeth (Branch) Ferriman, he was a veteran of WWII, serving with the United States Army in the European theater.
A graduate of The Ohio State University and the then Cleveland Marshall Law School, he worked for many years at the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, retiring as the company’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Upon his retirement from INA, he assumed an Of Counsel position with the up and coming law firm at that time of Hecker Maginnis Reiner and Brown before ultimately retiring to NH.
Mr. Ferriman had been an active adult in the local Boy Scouts troop and was proud of his Eagle Scout award. As a teenager living in Ohio, he was named the Governor of Ohio for Boys Day and for many years had been the president and a member of the Tredyffrin Easttown District School Board while living in Pennsylvania. He also served his community in a number of capacities, including as a member of the Board of Directors at both Hahneman University Hospital and Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, including a tenure as Chairman of the Board at Magee. He was also instrumental in the founding of The Legal Clinic for the Disabled.
In addition to his loving wife, Mr. Ferriman is survived by 3 children; Leslie F. Stott, wife of Ronald C. Stott, James R. Ferriman, and Joan E. Ferriman-Tasse; 10 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren, and his brother, M. Richard Ferriman, husband of L. Irene Ferriman, of Enon, OH.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his memorial service at the Chapel at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, NH on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 10:00AM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Central N.H. VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 or to the Gilmanton Food Pantry, PO Box 6, Gilmanton Iron Works, NH 03837.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.