Laconia---Lucille F. James died July 5, 2012 at the St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Laconia, NH.
Mrs. James was born in Hartford, Conn. February 5, 1923 to Earle and Frances (Abbott) Ralph. She was raised in Edgewood, R.I. and graduated from Westbrook Jr. College in Portland, Maine. She married Stanley G. James Jr. in 1944. They brought up their family in Pride's Corner and Kennebunk, Maine and Gilford, Jefferson and Laconia, NH.
Mrs. James worked in the office of Dr. Robert Lindholm. She was a member of St. James Episcopal Church, Laconia, N.H. She loved being with her family, quilting, knitting, golfing and motorcycling. She also spent fifteen winters in Sarasota, Florida.
The family includes a daughter, Dana F. James, of Laconia; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Eric (Leslie) James of Scott Depot, W.Va.; granddaughters, Kerry Pinto of Dracut, Mass., Sarah James, Maunda Crosco and Annie James and grandson, Matthew James, all of W.Va.; three great grandchildren: Stephen, Olivia and Carissa Pinto of Dracut, Mass. and also cousins, Linda and Ron Fenerty of N.H. and Lucille Chapman, of Maine. She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley G. James, Jr., in 1998, by a daughter, Kathryn Spicer, in 1975 and by a son, Eric Matthew James, in 2011.
There will be no calling hours.
A memorial gathering will be held at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, Maine at a future date.
In lieu of flowers, for those who wish, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, NE Division, Two Commerce Drive, Suite 110, Bedford, NH 03110-6803 or to the St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Activity Fund, 406 Court Street, Laconia, NH 03246.
The family gives grateful Thank Yous to the staff of St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center for their care of “Motorcycle Mama”.
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.