Northfield-----Viola M. Tibbetts, 94, formerly of Spring Street, died at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Laconia on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
Mrs. Tibbetts was born May 16, 1916 in Sunderland, Mass., the daughter of the late Clinton C. and Lilla N. (Clark) Williams. She lived in Northfield, N.H. for over twenty years before moving to Laconia in 2009.
Mrs. Tibbetts enjoyed fishing, gardening and yard sales and she loved her cats.
Survivors include her children, Lillian Whitcomb of Manchester, Barbara Jenks, of Orange, Mass., Shirley Carey of Hyannis, Mass., George Whitcomb of Kentucky, Sheila Decato and her husband, Ernie, of Northfield and Linda Watson and her husband, Greg, of Belmont; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Tibbetts was predeceased by her first husband, George Whitcomb, by her second husband, John R. Tibbetts, Sr. and by a son, John R. Tibbetts, in 1989.
There will be no calling hours.
A Graveside Service will be held on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 1:00PM at the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilford, N.H.
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.