In Loving Memory Raymond E. Mardin 1/25/1928 - 3/17/2014 JEFFERSON – Raymond Everett Mardin, 86 of Wheeler Drive, died suddenly at his home Monday morning March 17, 2014. Mr. Mardin was born in Lisbon, NH on January 25, 1928 the son of Albert and Esther (Fellows) Mardin. He was raised on the family farm in Landaff and went off to serve with the US Army during WWII. His tour was in the Pacific Theater including Iwo Jima and Saipan. Returning to Landaff he later moved to Berlin where he met and married his first wife Alice (Caswell) Mardin. He worked most of his life as a truck driver and was employed at Brown Company, and more recently George Ramsey and Son Trucking in Gorham. He retired in 1990. Raymond has always been a gentleman farmer raising beef, horses and chickens. He also enjoyed working with his tractors. Memberships include the VFW and American Legion both of Whitefield. Alice predeceased him in 1995. On July 1, 2000 he married Anne (Eastman) Wheeler of Jefferson. Family member include his wife Anne of Jefferson; four children, Katherine M. Bouffard and husband Dennis of Sutton, VT, Sheila R. Leavitt and husband Roger Littleton, Steven R. Mardin and his wife Deb of Bloomfield, VT, Scott R. Mardin and wife Jennifer of Jefferson; three step-children, Julie Welch and her husband Ellison, Ted Wheeler, Bill Wheeler Jr; two brothers Elwood Mardin of Lisbon, Curtis Mardin of Littleton; 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren and 12 nieces and nephews. He was also predeceased by five siblings, Albert Mardin, Dorothy Gordon, Lewis Mardin, Stella Richardson, Phyllis Paige. Visiting hours will be held Friday March 21 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at the Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 2:00 PM. Rev. Lynn Winters will officiate. Burial with military honors will be in the spring in Center Cemetery, Landaff on May 16 at 3:00 PM. Memorial donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society, NH Division, Inc., Gail Singer Memorial Building, 360 Route 101 Unit 501, Bedford, New Hampshire 03102-6800.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 04:59:18 +0000
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