Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Retired Manchester Police Capt. Lynch

By InDepth NH

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Marguerite (Brazeil) Bourgeois, 88, of Meredith, died July 14, 2025. She worked for the Career Center at Plymouth State College and then for 14 years at the Career Development Center at New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) in Manchester. She retired as associate director, then returned part-time to create an employee manual for the school’s improvement plan. (Mayhew Funeral Homes and Crematorium)

Stephen Leo Gilbert, 64, of Keene, died July 15, 2025. He was a journalist who worked for the Keene Sentinel from 1987 to 2025, covering countless high school and college games in the area. He wrote a weekly Slice of Life column. (Cheshire Family Funeral Home)

William G. Hoginski, 89, of Dover, died July 16, 2025. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he opened Williams Cadillac Oldsmobile in Dover in 1962 and worked there until his retirement. He was a Dover Jaycee and served the organization in various capacities including as president. He volunteered with the Dover Economic Commission, Strafford County Regional Planning, Catholic Charities, Cub Scouts, Dover Youth Hockey, Dover Chamber of Commerce, Friends of UNH Hockey and the development committee for St. Paul’s School in Concord. He was president of the Dover Auto Dealers Association and served as director of the New England Oldsmobile Dealers Association. (Wiggin Purdy McCooey Dion Funeral Home)

Jean L. Huntoon, 84, of Chocorua, died July 17, 2025. She was clerk of the Conway District Court for 37 years. She was also a bail commissioner. (Furber Funeral Home and Cremation Services)

Dr. John Robert Jacobs, 68, of Manchester, died July 17, 2025. He was a psychiatrist in private practice in Manchester. (Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory)

Thomas Richard Lynch, 86, of Manchester, died July 22, 2025. He served in the Air National Guard was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He worked nearly three decades in the Manchester Police Department, retiring in 1991 as captain. He was a member of the Manchester Police Supervisors Association, the Manchester Police Relief Association, and the Manchester Retired Police Officers Association. (Connor-Healy Funeral Home and Cremation Center)

Joseph J. McCall Jr., 93, of Bedford, died July 20, 2025.A U.S. Air Force veteran, he was a meteorologist who worked for the National Weather Service in Boston, Nantucket Island, and Albany N.Y., also for the Strategic Air Command in Amherst Mass. He retired from the Weather Office in Concord as the meteorologist in charge. He was a liaison to the N.H. FEMA Office, N.H. State Aeronautics, and Governor’s Office, briefing on potential and ongoing severe weather. He was keeper of weather records and testified in court. He taught aviation weather at Hawthorn College and Antrim Aviation College. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Bedford Kiwanis, and Elizabeth Seaton Church. (Legacy.com)

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Rabbi Earl A. Grollman (1925–2021), prominent grief expert.

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