LACONIA ---- Shirley M. Clough, 83, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the Golden View Health Care center after a period of declining health.
She was born on April 30, 1941, in North Hampton, Massachusetts, to Storrs and Alice (Lewis) Start. Shirley’s early years were spent on the family’s farm where she helped with daily chores and tasks. When she met her future husband, she moved to New Hampshire. Before retiring, Shirley was a LNA with Genesis Home Health.
She and Earl loved to travel. They drove cross country in 2005 stopping at every zoo along the way, staying with family and seeing Mt. Rushmore. They loved their winters in Florida, visiting family always were treated to a trip to Disney.
Family meant the world to Shirley and she will be greatly missed by her daughters Dawn Swain of Belmont and Corinne (Stephen) Merrill of Laconia, grandchildren, Patrick and Michael Swain, Chelsea Vlacic, and Terri Stokes; great grandchildren, Colton Swain, Easton Stokes, Carson and Brynlee Vlacic and her sister-in-law who was more of a true sister, Joan Start. She was predeceased by her first husband, John Folsom, and second husband, Earl Clough, son Gregory Folsom, grandson John Folsom, stepson Charlie Clough, sisters Connie Hildreth and Peggy Thompson and brothers Robert and Stanley Start.
Calling Hours will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, from 4:00pm-6:00pm, in the Carriage House at Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH 03246.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 11:30am, in the Carriage House at Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH.
Committal services will be held in the spring at Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, NH.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services/603Cremations.com, Laconia, NH, is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please visit wilkinsonbeane.com.