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- New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
August 13, 2009
LACONIA -- Judith Whittum, 67, died Aug. 11, 2009, in Lakes Region General Hospital.
She was born in Concord on Dec. 9, 1941, the daughter of Loren Mitchell and Alice (Haskell) Mitchell.
In 1982, she was legally adopted by her stepmother, Dorothy Moberg, who had raised her from the time she was a small child.
She was a 1959 graduate of Concord High School and attended Bay Path Junior College in Springfield, Mass. She moved to California, where she worked for an aeronautics company involved in the Apollo Project. She returned to New Hampshire in 1962 and enrolled at Keene State College, graduating in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in education. It was on her first day at Keene State College that she met the love of her life, Douglas Whittum. She taught grade 5 at Elm Street School in Laconia from 1967 to 1970.
After a raising her daughter, she became a Certified Vocational Assessment Specialist at the Huot Technical Center at Laconia High School from 1981 until retirement in 2001. She showed special compassion to those students who were faced with personal and learning challenges.
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IN HER LIFE: She will be remembered for her personal strength, courage and perseverance in overcoming many of life's challenges. She was a genuine and sincere friend who had a wonderful sense of humor, enjoyed laughter, fun and entertaining. She had an intense love for friends and family.
She was extremely proud of her husband, Doug, her daughter, Kirsten, her son-in-law, Eric, and her two grandsons, Connor and Boden (BoBo), who lovingly called her "Gumma".
This past year, she had re-awakened her passion for oil painting, gardening, bird watching, playing backgammon and life in general. Her back yard, ablaze with flowers, potted plants and bird feeders brought her tremendous enjoyment as did her dog, Daizzaee May.
She was predeceased by her biological mother; her father; her adoptive mother; and her beloved aunt, Agnes Moberg.
She is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Douglas Whittum, of Laconia; her daughter, Kirsten Whittum Gagne, and husband, Eric Gagne, and two sons, Connor Douglas Gagne and Boden Roger Gagne, all of Gilford; a brother, Charles E. Mitchell and his wife, Kathi Mitchell, of Tilton; a sister, Susan Nettleton Donovan, and her husband, Cornelius, of Bedford, Mass.
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