Laconia-----Maxine L. Flanders, 90, formerly of Daisy Gardner Road, died at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. She was the widow of Kenneth R. Flanders who died in 2007.
Mrs. Flanders was born in a one room cabin in Norton, Kansas on May 5, 1920, the daughter of Oscar H. and Alice M. (Knapp) Mittan. At the age of four, she and her family moved into a sod house, on land that was part of a land grant.
Mrs. Flanders lived in Kansas for several years before moving to Laconia sixty-eight years ago.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Claudia L. and Donald Wright,; three grandchildren, Dennis Wright and his wife, Lin, Dawn Gilbert and her husband, “Chip”, and Stephanie Flanders, all of Laconia; seven great grandchildren and two nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Flanders was predeceased by a son, Thomas R. Flanders, December 9, 1998 and by a sister, Nina Pearl Christenson.
A calling hour will be held on Friday, April 22, 2011 from 1:00-2:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Funeral Service will follow the calling hour at 2:00PM also at the Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. Warren Bouton, Pastor of the Laconia Congregational Church, will officiate.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Union Cemetery, Laconia.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Laconia Salvation Army, 177 Union Avenue, 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 go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.