CANTERBURY, NH-----Michael David Lima, 47, and his dog, Clutch, both died
as a result of a motor vehicle accident in which he was a passenger on Wednesday,
July 4, 2018.
Michael was born on August 5, 1970 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the son of
Dennis R. and Beatrice (Gonsalves) Lima. He graduated from Seekonk High
School in 1988 in Seekonk, Massachusetts and in 1994 received a Bachelors of
Education degree from Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He also
served in the Massachusetts National Guard. After graduation Michael taught in a
number of schools including Framingham Jr. High, Framingham, MA, Seekonk
Middle School, Seekonk, MA, Joseph Case Jr. High School, Swansea, MA,
Newfound Middle School, Newfound, NH, and Gilford High School, Gilford, NH.
Michael is survived by his mother, Beatrice Lima, of Rehoboth, MA; his daughter,
Chelsea Virginia Lima of Boston, MA, a son, Brett Michael Lima and daughter,
Madison Kelley Lima of Canterbury, NH; mother of his three children, Katie
Lima, also of Canterbury, NH; two brothers, Dennis R. Lima, Jr. and his wife,
Candice, of Swansea, MA and Jose Medina, and his wife, Dalia, of Rumford, RI;
two sisters, Lori-Ann Lima and her husband, Chris, of Portland, OR and Suzanne
Pickford and her husband, Steven, of Rehoboth, MA; as well as several nephews,
nieces, aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his father Dennis R.
Lima, Sr. of Swansea, MA.
Calling Hours will be held on Saturday, July 14, 2018 from 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. at
the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH using the Carriage House entrance.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, July 16, 2018 at Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel in Seekonk, MA at 11:00 a.m. The family will be receiving
family and friends starting at 10:30 a.m.
A Private Family Burial will be held at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East
Providence, Rhode Island.
For those who wish, the family suggests, that memorial donations may be made to
the Michael Lima Children Fund, for his three children, c/o Meredith Village Savings
Bank, 379 So. Main Street, Laconia NH 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164
Pleasant Street, Laconia NH is assisting the family with the arrangements.