Betsey May Chickering

Her parents, Paul and Bernice (Davis) Cobb welcomed their daughter into the world on December 18, 1932, in Brattleboro, VT. As the youngest of nine children, Betsey spent much of her time growing up between the family cottage on Spofford Lake and in Brattleboro, graduating from Brattleboro High School in 1950. During the earlier years, she would walk to Chesterfield school from the cottage.

Betsey married her “Honey Bunny, Chick” on Sept 13, 1953. Together they built a farm, which was a big part of their life as she learned to be a farmer’s wife. She was widowed at a young age and never remarried.

Betsey worked as the Chesterfield Town Clerk for twenty years retiring in 1998. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Chesterfield, where she was known for her rolls, as she would make dozens and dozens of them for the church suppers. Betsey also had a love for flowers and gardening.

She will be greatly missed by many in the community, especially her family, her children, Timothy Chickering and his wife Julie of Chesterfield, Nancy Plante and her husband Mike of Troy, NH, Jeffrey Chickering and his wife Sandra of Chesterfield; her grandchildren, Michele Chickering, Matthew Chickering Jeremy Chickering, Alaina Seavey, Ray Forbes, David Plante, Dustin Plante, Kellie Plante, Leigh Cogan, Elyse Chickering, Evan Chickering, many great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and extended family members. Her husband of 23 years, Henry C. Chickering, Jr. died in 1976. Four brothers, Norman, Charlie, Winston and Merrill; and four sisters, Margaret "Peggy" Ford, Julie Blanchard, Alice Conway and Elizabeth Barrow, predeceased her.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 11am in the Asbury United Methodist Church, 532 Route 63, Chesterfield. Burial with committal prayers will follow the funeral in the West Cemetery, Poor Road, Chesterfield.

In lieu of flowers, for those who wish, donations may be made in Mrs. Chickering’s memory to Joanne’s Pantry, c/o Asbury United Methodist Church, 532 Route 63, Chesterfield, NH 03443.