Eva R. Kroeter

RINDGE, NH – Eva R. (Jeffrey) Kroeter, 84, of 1 Park Drive, died peacefully Tuesday evening, August 16, 2016 in Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH.

She was born in Fitchburg on December 23, 1931, daughter of the late Raymond H. and Aurore (Bourgeault) Jeffrey and grew up in Fitchburg.  Since 1982, she had been a resident of Rindge..

Eva worked many years ago for Wyyerhauser Company in Fitchburg and then worked for Bay State Curtain Factory.  Her longest place of employment was with Sanitoy Company in Fitchburg, where she worked for over 20 years until her retirement.  She loved to knit, crochet, sew, cook, bake and make doll clothes.  Eva also enjoyed camping, fishing and going to the ocean.

Her husband of 51 years, Sheldon W. Kroeter, died in 2004.  She leaves two daughters, Debbie L. Kroeter of Rindge and Diane C.Parker of Erial, NJ; two grandchildren, Lisa Trautwein and Sara Jessica Parker; two sisters, Bertha Lavoie of Lunenburg and Alice Boudreau of Fitchburg and several nieces and nephews.  Two brothers, George R. Jeffrey and Raymond Jeffrey and a sister, Rita Gamache, preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 12:30 P.M. in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central Street, Winchendon.  A calling hour will precede the funeral Saturday from 11:30 – 12:30.  The Rev. Francis A. Roberge will officiate.

Burial will be held in Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Winchendon at a later date.

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