GILFORD – Tara Lynne Richard, 46, passed away Friday, May 20, 2016 at the Riverside Rest Home in Dover , NH , where she has resided for the last three years after suffering a stroke in Dec, 2003. She spent time at Dartmouth Hitchcock, CMC in Manchester , Crotched Mountain in Greenfield , Lowell Health Care Center in Lowell MA , and the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen.
Tara was born on November 14, 1969 in Laconia, the daughter of James A. Richard of PA and Jean Flagg Gray of Gilford. Tara graduated from Gilford Schools and went on to graduate with degrees in accounting. She loved her cats, Dusty and Speedy. She was an avid fan of the Patriots, the Red Sox, NASCAR and she loved watching wrestling.
Tara is survived by her mother and father, her twin sister Tricia Anne Sweeney and her husband David and their son, John David Sweeney , all of Winchendon MA. She is also survived by her brother, Michael A Richard and his son Kenny M Richard, and Tara’s brother Kenneth John Richard and his wife Jennifer all of Strafford NH.
Calling hours will be held from 10AM to 11:30AM on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance. A memorial service will immediately follow at 11:30AM, also at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the family lot at Union Cemetery, Academy Street, Laconia.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to Crotched Mountain Rehab Center at One Verney Drive , Greenfield NH 03047 .
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.