Mary E. Reardon, 94, passed away on Monday Oct. 14, 2013, at the Coos County Nursing Home in Berlin. Mrs. Reardon was born in Gandy, Louisiana on January 11, 1919, a daughter of William J. and Mentie (Davis) Potter and had been a resident of Berlin since 1947. She was a member of Mt. Forist Grange and the Milan United Methodist Church.
Family includes her children Mary Fortier and her husband Roland of Brooksville, FL, Faye Ruel of Berlin and Phyllis Pelkey and her husband Ralph of Gorham; 9 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 1 great-great granddaughter; brother Jerry Potter and his wife Dottie of Baltimore, MD; sister Nellie Garrison of Louisiana; a sister in law Eloise Potter of Louisiana and a brother in law Daniel Dekeyzer of Louisiana; a daughter in law Patricia Reardon of Springfield, MA; nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband Frank Reardon in 1981, a son Frank Reardon, Jr., sisters Dorothy Franklin and Agnes Dekeyzer and a brother Wallace Potter.
Funeral services will be held on Friday October 18, 2013 at 2 PM at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin. Burial will follow in the New City Cemetery in Berlin. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1 to 2 PM, prior to the service. Anyone who wishes may make a donation in her memory to the Coos County Nursing Home Activities Fund, PO Box 416, Berlin, NH, 03570.