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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, March 18, 2010
an n e Ga l e ke l l y th o M S o n ,
Fo r M e r Fi r S t la D y o F ne W ha M p S h i r e
Orford, NH – Anne Gale Kelly Thom- As avid hikers, Gale and her hus-
son, 90, died March 8, 2010, at her band climbed all forty-eight of New
home at Mt. Cube Farm, where she Hampshire’s 4000 foot mountains.
lived since 1954. Gale also served as a trustee of
The former first lady of New Hamp- the Youth Development Center, the
shire (1973-1979), passed on the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH,
birthday of her late husband, former and as a member of the NH Lilac
Governor Meldrim Thomson and on Commission. Later she served as a
the day she became engaged to him trustee of the VT/NH Visiting Nurse
in 1938. Alliance.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, the eldest She is survived by her six children,
child of William and Anne Kelly she Peter, David, and Thomas of Orford,
graduated from high school two NH, Marion Spottswood of Charlotte,
years early and after completing NC, Janet Dorf of Weaverville, NC,
business school, began working at and Robb Thomson of Wolfeboro,
the Edward Thompson Law Book NH, eighteen grandchildren and
Company in Brooklyn where she twenty-eight great grandchildren.
met her husband, Meldrim Thom- She is also survived by her siblings
son, Jr. Natalie Croot, William Kelly, and
After living in Brooklyn, NY, and Shirley Dencker, all of New Jersey.
Stony Brook, Long Island, Gale In lieu of flowers, donations may
and Mel moved to Mt. Cube Farm be made to: Visiting Nurse Alliance
in Orford, NH, in the fall of 1954 of VT and NH, P.O. Box 157, Brad-
with their six children, Peter, David, ford, VT 05033, or Baker River Bible
Thomas, Marion, Janet, and Robb. Church, P.O. Box 4, Wentworth, NH
A gracious lady and loving mother, 03282.
Gale became famous for her home- Ricker Funeral Home, Woodsville,
made pancakes that she served to NH is in charge of arrangements.
New Hampshire legislators at the For more information or to sign an
Bridges House, the official gover- online condolence please go to www.
nor’s residence, in Concord, NH, rickerfh.com
while she was First Lady.
Former NH First Lady, Gale Thomson, wife of former Governor Mel
Thomson, passed away at her Orford home on March 8th.
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