Paul Sawyer

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Paul Ashton Sawyer

Paul Ashton Sawyer, 93

Stratham , NH

A resident of Stratham since 1959, Paul Sawyer died at Oceanside Nursing Home in Hampton on November 19th.

He was born August 4, 1920 to the late Harry J. and Lillian Dustin Sawyer in Franklin, NH and subsequently moved to Woodsville, a town he truly enjoyed and reminisced about throughout his life. In Woodsville High School, he received awards for excellence in baseball, basketball and football, and participated in the band and in several plays.

After graduating from Woodsville High School in 1939, he attended UNH for two years and became a member of Phi Delta Epsilon. In 1942 he left UNH to enlist in the army serving as a radio operator during WWII in the Aleutian Islands until February 1946 completing his tour as a Tech Sergeant.

Upon his return to Woodsville he married Margaret Bean of St. Johnsbury, Vermont and started his career working for Armour and Company in Portsmouth. After 35 years of service as a sales representative, he retired in 1982. Thereafter, he actively enjoyed fly fishing and relaxing at his cottage on Duncan Lake in Ossipee, and until recently worked as a custodian at the Rockingham County Administration Building and as a bookkeeper for Peter Sawyer Antiques of Exeter.

He was predeceased by his wife Margaret of 63 years in 2010. He is survived by three sons: Harry Sawyer and his wife Iris of Fairfax, Virginia; Peter Sawyer, of Kensington; and William Sawyer and his wife Susan, of Kingston. He also is survived by five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a brother Richard Sawyer of Peterborough.

There will be a memorial service at Stockbridge Funeral Home, 141 Epping Road, Exeter on Sunday at 2 PM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited and may visit with the family from 1 PM until the hour of the service. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery in Woodsville. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to Rockingham Nutrition and Meals on Wheels, 106 North Road, Brentwood, NH 03833.

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