Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Former Hooksett School Superintendent Littlefield Of Salem

by Staff Report, InDepthNH.org

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Glenn Lester Bohanan, 84, of Contoocook, died March 24, 2026. He worked on the family farm his entire life and was active in a number of agricultural organizations, including as president of the Merrimack County Farm Bureau and Granite State Dairy Promotion. He also served on the Hopkinton Planning Board. (Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home)

Harte C. Crow, 91, of Etna, died March 21, 2026. A U.S. Army veteran, he served in Vietnam and trained in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve and The Cleveland Clinic, and in radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Ann moved to Etna in 1971, he was a staff radiologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and served on the Dartmouth Medical School faculty. He established the medical center’s ultrasound and CT programs and spent many years leading the breast imaging department. He co-authored three books on ultrasound with Dr. Royal Bartrum. He built a significant art collection that included works by Audubon, Currier and Ives, Hiroshige, Paul Sample, and WPA-era artists. He and his wife donated some of their collection to the Currier Museum of Art. (Rand-Wilson Funeral Home)

James J. Hayes Jr., 77, of Stratham, died March 31, 2026. He served for nine years in the N.H. National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. He and his wife Janice lived in Hampstead for 43 years. He was an educator for 43 years and was a high school math teacher, math and science department head, assistant principal and principal, and then advanced to become an assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools. Upon retirement, he served as interim principal of two elementary schools on the Seacoast. (Stockbridge Funeral Home)

Clara Guerra, 85, of Surry, died March 27, 2026. She taught at Mount St. Mary’s (1975-1978), Nashua High School (1978-1997), and New Hampshire Vocational Technical College. She also taught at Rivier University and contributed to Elderhostel programs at Hawthorne College. She co-created and performed a traveling “Science Magic Show” with Bette Beaulieu. She received several education awards including the HOIST (Hands On In Science Teaching) Award in 1989 and 1990, the Presidential Award in Science and Mathematics in 1992, and the “Twenty First Century” New Hampshire Teacher of the Year Award in 1997. (Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home)

Peter E. Johnson, 81, of Lebanon, died March 28, 2026. He was head of the Math Department at Lebanon High School and also coached varsity boys’ soccer and baseball. He became a contractor and founded Johnson’s Home Center in 1973. He and business partner Paul Korpela owned and operated the building supply store for 20 years before transforming the property into what is now the Staples Plaza in West Lebanon. He and Paul co-founded K&J Associates, developing part of the Route 12A corridor in West Lebanon. In 1984, he founded Fore-U Golf Center, now operated by his daughters. He served for many years on the board of directors of the New Hampshire Golf Association. (Ricker Funeral Homes & Crematory)

Sandra May Johnson, 87, of Wolfeboro, died March 26, 2026. While living in Missouri, she volunteered for the Ronald McDonald House and served on the board. Over the past 30 years, she volunteered on the board of the Children’s Center, was president of Lord & Tailor at All Saints Church, and co-chaired the Festival of Trees. She was named Wolfeboro’s Citizen of the Year in 2013. (Lord Funeral Home)

Dr. Charles Phillip "Phil" Littlefield, 78, of Salem, died March 28, 2026. He taught in the Hopkinton, Mass., school system, and then in Foxboro, Mass., where he led the John J. Ahern Intermediate School as principal. He was superintendent of schools in Methuen, Mass., for nearly 20 years. He then became superintendent of schools to SAU 15, comprised of schools in Auburn, Candia, and Hooksett, serving for nearly 15 years. He was a faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University and served on the board of directors for the Southeastern Regional Educational Service Center (SERESC). He also taught at Salem State University and University of Massachusetts Lowell. He attained the rank of sergeant with the Bellingham, Mass., auxiliary police. (Goundrey Dewhirst Funeral Home)

Charles Russell Perkins, 96, of Raymond, died March 26, 2026. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring in 1959 as a sergeant. He was a member of the Raymond Fire Department for 33 years, retiring as deputy chief. He worked for the N.H. Department of Transportation as part of the Candia maintenance crew. He became turnpike maintenance superintendent and retired as the last active member of the original Maintenance Division 8 of the Department of Public Works and Highways. (Brewitt Funeral Home)

Dr. Robert A. Rubino, 93, of Rochester, died March 31, 2026. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and opened his office for the practice of dentistry in Rochester in 1962, retiring in 1997 after 35 years. He then worked at Frisbie Memorial Hospital as a dietary aide for six years. While at Frisbie, he co-founded the Lights of Love Chorus. He was a member of the American Dental Society, N.H. Dental Society, New England Dental Society, Omega Dental Fraternity and Elks Lodge 1393 in Rochester. (R.M. Edgerly Funeral Home)

WORDS OF WISDOM: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist and president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. July 18, 1918, to Dec. 5, 2013

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