Rebecca Littlefield

LEE - Rebecca "Becky" Littlefield, 47, of Woodhead Circle, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1999, at her home.

Born July 27, 1952, in Exeter, she was the daughter of Carolyn (Barraclough) Storer and the late William A. Storer. She resided in Durham before moving to Lee 10 years ago. She graduated from Oyster River High School in 1970 and from the University of Rhode Island in 1974.

For the past six years, she has been employed with Rockingham County Head Start.

She was secretary for the New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition and was an active member in the Seacoast Chapter of the American Diabetes Association.

She was also active in Americans Caring, Teaching & Sharing with a Mission in Honduras.

She was a member of Community Church of Durham.

She loved spending time with her family, friends, camping and in her flower gardens.

She was the wife of David A. Littlefield for 22 years.

In addition to her husband, survivors include her mother, Carolyn Storer of Lee; two sons, Jacob Littlefield of Lee and Leonard Littlefield of Portsmouth; a sister, Cynthia Storer of California; a brother, Barry Storer and his wife, Polly Newcomb, of Seattle, Wash., a sister-in-law, Joyce Boyle and her husband, Brian, of South Berwick; and nieces and nephews.

Frederick U. Fogarty

DOVER - Frederick Urban Fogarty, 70, of 10 Middle Road, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.

Born Jan.16, 1929, in Dover, he was the son of the late Martin and Mary (Lund) Fogarty and lived there his whole life. He was a graduate of the Dover schools.

He served on the Dover police force for eight years, and before his retirement, he was a sergeant at the Strafford County Corrections Department for 20 years. He also owned the Fred Fogarty Roofing & Siding Co.

He was a Golden Glove Boxer and a former member of the Dover Knights of Columbus.

He was the husband of Louise M. (Bilodeau) Fogarty for 51 years.

In addition to his wife, survivors include five sons, Mark U. Fogarty of Ballstrom, N.H.; Michael U. Carl Fogarty of Barrington; Frederick U. Fogarty Jr. of Barrington; Shawn U. Fogarty and his wife, Cheryl, of Dover; and Kevin U. Fogarty and his wife, Nancy, of Barrington; six grandsons; six granddaughters; a brother, Martin Fogarty; three sisters, Martha Griffin, Bernadette Goss and Mary Dodge, all of Dover; and several nieces and nephews.

George R. Dawson Jr.

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - George Richard Dawson Jr., 76, formerly of Portsmouth, died at Venice Hospital on Monday, Sept. 20, 1999, after a long period of illness.

He was born and raised in Portsmouth, and graduated from Portsmouth High School with the Class of 1941.

He served with the Navy during World War II aboard the USS Turner, a destroyer class battleship that escorted convoys across the Atlantic.

He worked as a broadcast engineer at WFSB-TV Channel 3, formerly WTIC-TV, for 33 years. He retired in 1988.

After retirement he relocated to Englewood, where he lived on a golf course.

His hobbies included golfing and still photography. His silver prints were displayed at various arts events.

He was a member of Elk's Lodge No. 2378 in Englewood.

He was the husband of Dawn (Marceau) Dawson for 54 years.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Stephen, and his wife, Coleen, of Tennessee; two daughters, Joan Symolon and her husband, Michael, of Farmington, Conn., and Nancy Sisti of Santa Monica, Calif.; and four grandchildren.

James A. Hawkes

SARASOTA, Fla. - James A. Hawkes, 53, formerly of Newburyport, Mass., died Thursday, Sept. 16, 1999.

Born Feb. 28, 1946, he was the son of Harold "Jack" Hawkes and the late Barbara Hawkes, who owned Hawkes & Sons Marina on Merrimac Street in Newburyport.

He moved to Sarasota in 1984.

In addition to his father of Seabrook, N.H., he is survived by a daughter, Joyce E. Hawkes; and a son, Anthony A. Hawkes, both of Amesbury, Mass.; three brothers, Harold W. Hawkes of Alexandria, Va., Edward A. Hawkes of Seabrook, and Kenneth L. Hawkes of Chandler, Ariz.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Ruby L. Simms

HAMPTON - Ruby Luella (Pentz) Simms, 95, of 202 Woodland Road, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1999, at her home.

Born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Annie May (Matthews) Pentz. She attended Mount Allison College in New Brunswick, where she majored in music and received numerous awards.

In 1924, she moved to Boston with her husband, William E. Simms. For several years, she did the bookkeeping at Simms Brothers Yacht Yard in Dorchester, Mass., a company her husband founded with his brother.

For more than 27 years she lived in Braintree, Mass. She was an active member of the Braintree Philergians, for which she served 12 years as a bell ringer and two years as a chairwoman. She was also active in various women's groups in the Braintree Baptist Church.

After the family yacht yard was taken by eminent domain by the state of Massachusetts for the southeast expressway, she and her family moved to Jacksonville, Fla., where they purchased another yacht yard. For four years, she was active in the Jacksonville Ortega Methodist Church and the Jacksonville Women's Club.

Her family returned to New England in 1961, after selling the Jacksonville yacht yard, and opened the Simms Bros. Yacht Yard in Scituate, Mass. She and her husband then settled in Peterborough, where she became president of the Peterborough Garden Club. They later moved to Hampton, where she served as president of the Salty Marsh Garden Club; and horticultural chairwoman and club therapy chairwoman of the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs. For more than two years, she rang the bells for the First Congregational Church of Hampton.

Her hobbies included gardening, hooking rugs, crewel work, and other home projects.

She was predeceased by her husband in 1986.

Survivors include her son, Harold G. Simms and his wife, Jean, of Norwell, Mass.; four grandsons; and 11 great-grandchildren.

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