Laconia----Arlene C. Newell, 94, of 17 Morningside Drive, died at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Saturday January 29, 2011.
Arlene was born June 12, 1916 in Newport, N.H., the daughter of the late George and Florence (Beattie) Croteau. She spent her childhood at Lake Sunapee and graduated from Sunapee High School in 1935. She took courses at the Remington Rand School of Business Machines in Boston and was a member of the first class of certified dental assistants held by the New Hampshire Dental Association, with the Capping and State Boards held in Concord. She was very active in the New Hampshire Dental Assistants’ Society for two years. She had been employed by the late Dr. E. J. Hammond for twenty-eight years as office manager and nurse assistant, retiring in 1971.
In 1962, she married Clifton B. Newell of Laconia and they lived on Morningside Drive in their new home they had built in 1963.
Arlene had been a member of the Laconia Country Club since 1943 and was an honorary member. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church of Gilford. She was always a very caring person of others.
Survivors include her husband of forty-eight years, Clifton B. Newell, of Laconia; a niece, Armena Macartney, of Morehead City, North Carolina and by two sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Page of Chelmsford, Mass. and Lucille Rollins of Wolfeboro, N.H. and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister, Ethel Dolloff, of Gilford, by a nephew, Albert G. Dolloff, also of Gilford and by a brother, Ralph Croteau, of Worcester, Mass.
There will be no calling hours.
A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday February 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church, Rte 11A, Gilford, NH 03249. Spring burial will be in the family lot in Union Cemetery, Laconia.
The family has requested no flowers. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the First United Methodist Church, PO Box 7408, Gilford, N.H. 03247.
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 go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.