Mrs. Fannie S. Dubois

November 23, 1916 - April 17, 2016

Fannie S. Dubois, 99, of Pearl Street in Newport, NH and formerly of Claremont, NH, died Sunday (April 17) at Woodlawn Care Center in Newport, NH following a period of failing health. She was born in Londonderry, NH on November 23, 1916 the daughter of Harry and Gladys (Standing) Merrill and had been a longtime area resident. Fannie had been employed as an Inspector by Goodyear Tire & Rubber in Windsor, VT for 28 years, retiring in 1979. She was a communicant of St. Mary Parish and also a member of the Goodyear Retirees Club. She was the widow of Maurice Dubois who died in 1977. Members of her family include two daughter, Joanne Lemieux and her husband Gilles, Claremont, NH; Susan Barna and her husband, Nicholas, Sunapee, NH; 5 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandson and a half sister, Claire Gray, Contoocook, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 on Friday at St. Mary’s Church with the Rev. Shawn M. Therrien, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Friends may call at the Roy Funeral Home, 93 Sullivan Street, Claremont, NH on Thursday evening from 6 – 8 pm. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the St. Mary Parish Renovation Fund, 32 Pearl Street, Claremont, NH 03743 or the Claremont Soup Kitchen, PO Box 957, Claremont, NH.