Laconia-----Mary E. Krogman, 100, formerly of 114 Blueberry Lane, Laconia and Peterborough, died at the Mountain Ridge Health Care Center, Franklin on Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Mrs. Krogman was the widow of Robert W. Krogman who died in 1998.
Mrs. Krogman was born July 18, 1910 in Cornwall, England, the daughter of Frederick and Susan M. (Cooke) Williams.
In 1925, Mrs. Krogman came to America and lived in Massachusetts and the southern part of New Hampshire. She studied business at the Concord Business College and in 1946, she married her husband, Robert, in Arlington, Mass. They enjoyed doing everything together including owning several companies. Before starting her own businesses, Mrs. Krogman was an executive officer for the Honeywell Company and would travel the country for the company.
Mrs. Krogman was always an energetic and lively person and was an avid gardener and bird lover. She was a member of St. James Episcopal Church in Laconia and was a volunteer for Community Health & Hospice.
Survivors include a sister, Mildred Walton, of Laconia; a niece, Susan Curtis, of Potomac Falls, Virginia; two nephews, Richard Williams of Prospect Harbor, Maine and Corky Williams of Natick, Mass. and several grand nephews and grand nieces.
There will be no calling hours.
A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, November 8, 2010 at 11:00AM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. Rev. William Romer, Rector-in-Charge of St. James Episcopal Church, will officiate.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Union Cemetery, Academy Street, Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Krogman’s name be made to St. James Episcopal Church, 876 North Main Street, Laconia, N.H. 03246.
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 to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.