Barbara Louise Severance

Barbara Louise (Rothwell) Severance, age 93, answered God’s call on December, 4, 2019. Born October 7, 1926, she was the daughter of George Elmer Rothwell and Zella May (Tyler) Rothwell. Barbara was the youngest of twelve children. She was a resident of Concord for approx. 66 years, then spent 5+ years living in Northfield & Allenstown with family, then in 2012 became a resident at Merrimack County Nursing Home.

She is survived by her daughter Wendy (Severance) French, Wendy’s husband Fred French Jr., grand-daughters Otillie(French) Dean & Lindsay French, and great grandsons Adam Mayo, Ian Walsh, Adler Dean, Gage Crotty and several nieces & nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Henry of 48 years, her father George, her mother Zella, her daughters Brenda, Sharon (Severance) Strong, Katherine, & Donna (Severance) Miller, and all eleven of her brothers and sisters.

Growing up in Pembroke, she participated in 4-H and church. She left school at age 17 to marry Henry Severance while he was home on leave during WWII. She worked at Pembroke Mills, for a short time worked sewing doll clothes for a toy company, babysat children and then worked at Sprague Electric in Concord for 30 years until her retirement. She was a member of the Advent Christian Church (now New Life Fellowship) since 1956.

She loved helping others, cooking, sewing, eating sweets, holidays, her pets, spending time with friends, but most of all, she loved spending time with her family. She had a huge heart, opening her home to others in need. Her many acts of kindness touched the lives of several people.

She was a mentor for everyone.