Northfield-----Kenneth L. Felker, 92, of 376 Shaker Road and formerly of Laconia, died at the Franklin Regional Hospital on Thursday, April 7, 2011.
Mr. Felker was born March 18, 1919 in Laconia, N.H. and lived most of his life in Laconia. He served in the U. S. Army during WWII and was wounded in 1944. He was a mail carrier with the U. S. Postal Service for thirty-two years, retiring in 1974.
Mr. Felker was a communicant of St. Joseph Parish, Belmont, N.H. He was a life member of the Winnipesaukee Yacht Club, a life member of the Laconia Lodge of Elks #876, a member of the D. A. V. and a life member of the American Legion Post #58, of Belmont and was also a member of the Laconia Elders Friendship Club. Mr. Felker loved his sailboat and fishing.
Survivors include his wife of twenty years, Pauline R. (Clairmont) Felker, of Northfield; a daughter, Susan Harris, of Gilmanton; two stepsons, Gary J. Sturgeon and his wife, Dee, of Florida and Kevin G. Sturgeon and his wife, Debra, of Northfield; three grandchildren, Marcia Bell and her husband, Steve, and their children, Blaine, Katrina and Logan, all of Gilford, Dawn Mitchell and her husband, Peter, and their children, Monica and Dillion, all of Oregon and Ty Harris and his companion, Heidi Swain, of Virginia; eight step grandchildren; five great grandchildren; five step great grandchildren; a half sister, Barbara Kelly, of Belmont, NH and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. Felker was predeceased by his first wife, Eleanor Felker, in 1989, by a half sister, Dorothy Provencal, and by a half brother, Maurice Felker.
There will be no calling hours.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 10:00AM at St. Joseph Parish, 96 Main Street, Belmont, N.H.
Burial will be held on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 11:00AM at the family lot in Union Cemetery, Academy Street, Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Clairmont Family Scholarship Fund c/o Ruth Mooney, 428 South Road, Belmont, NH 03220 or to Life’s Little Paws, PO Box 61, New Durham, NH 03855.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.