Beatrice "Bea" G. Graham Whitney
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Beatrice Graham Whitney, much loved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother died on December 5, 2020 at the age of 96. Formerly of Essex Fells, NJ and Madison, CT, Bea had lived for a number of years at Riverwoods in Exeter, NH.
Bea was born in 1924 in Manchester, NH. She was valedictorian of her Pembroke Academy Class in Suncook, NH. She went on to study at Memorial Hospital in Boston, MA where she became a registered nurse and was honored as U.S. Cadet Corp Nurse of the Year in 1945. She married her high school sweetheart, Earl H. Whitney and was married 53 years until Earl's death in 1998. Bea was actively involved in Girl Scouts and in her church for many years.
She will be greatly missed by her family: her children and their spouses: Stephen Whitney; Ruth Whitney; Bruce and Vicky Whitney; Patty and John Dowst; and her brother & his wife, David and Gloria Graham. She also leaves behind her much loved grandchildren: Susan, Stephen, Sarah, Michael, Emily, and David and their families along with her 8 great-grandchildren.
At Bea's request, there will be no calling hours or service.
Donations may be made in Bea's honor to the NH Association for the Blind or the New Hampshire Audubon Society.
For more information or to offer condolences to the family, please visit www.brewittfuneralhome.com