Doreen Sargent

Doreen Goodale Sargent

Exeter- Doreen Goodale Sargent of Exeter passed away peacefully on January 23, 2015 at the Exeter Hospital.

She was born January 18, 1926 in Exeter N.H. She was the daughter of the late William and Ruth Goodale. Doreen was raised in Boothbay Maine and graduated from Boothbay High School in 1945. She met her husband, Robert F. Sargent and shared 67 years of marriage in Exeter. She was a devoted wife and mother to 5 children.

Doreen was employed by Kingston Warren of Newfields before working and retiring from Sears & Roebuck. She also volunteered at The Rockingham Nursing Home for 19 years.

Doreen and her husband enjoyed traveling to Scotland, England, Canada and the Maritime Provinces. They also traveled most of the United States including Alaska. They spent many family vacations at their camp in Pittsburg N.H., where Doreen enjoyed taking her Grandchildren for an annual Kid’s Week. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed creating beautiful flower beds.

She is survived by four of her children, Audrey Poliquin of Washington State, Richard Sargent of Pittsburg N.H., Valerie Loopley of Colebrook, N.H., and Beverly Forbes of Newmarket N.H.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren; and 2 sisters Emily Dupre and Marion Lewis of Connecticut.

She is predeceased by her husband Robert F. Sargent, a son Wayne Sargent and a grandson Joel Poliquin.

A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the Stockbridge Funeral Home, 141 Epping Road, Exeter at 2 PM. Relatives and friends may visit with the family at the funeral home Saturday from 1 PM until the service. Spring burial will be in the Exeter Cemetery.

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