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Constance G. Blethen, 85, of North Conway, NH died January 24, 2012 at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway.
Born in Haverhill, MA, the daughter of Jesse and Annie (Law) Gleed, she grew up in Merrimac, MA, lived in Haverhill, MA for 15 years and in Westboro, MA for 23 years prior to moving to North Conway in 1989. Mrs. Blethen sold designer fabrics and was a seamstress while in Westboro.
She had been an active church volunteer in the North Parish Community Congregational Church in Haverhill and superintendent of the church Sunday school. While in North Conway she was a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational and very active on several committees. She was an excellent athlete, enjoyed basketball, golf, skiing and she was an avid cook.
2042. Jacqueline Cordelia BLETHEN
Born in Lakeview, December 16, 1916, she was the daughter of John and Minnie MacDougal Blethen, Sr. In 1928, Miss Blethen moved with her family to Rockland, where she attended local schools, graduating from Rockland High School, Class of 1935.
She studied at New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1939. She continued at New England Baptist Hospital as a private duty nurse until enlisting in the U. S. Army.
During World War II, as a Harvard Medical Team Member, Miss Blethen served as a First Lieutenant with the 116th Station Hospital Army Nurse Corp in Ireland, England, France and Germany.
After discharge from her duty with the Army Nurses Corp, Miss Blethen returned to Rockalnd where she entered nursing at Knox County General Hospital. She later moved into Operating Room Nursing. She continued her career at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, retiring from her position of Operating Room Supervisor, in 1982.