Rachel E. Parker Langlais
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Rachel E. Langlais, 87, of Goffstown, passed away on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at the Merrimack Hospice House in Merrimack, with members of her family by her side, and after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
She was born in West Stewartstown on June 27, 1932, the daughter of the late Edwin and Ida (Libby) Parker. Rachel was a 1950 graduate of Canaan Memorial High School.
For 32 years, Rachel was a well-known waitress at the Colebrook Restaurant. She enjoyed playing cribbage and doing crossword puzzles, and she loved to go out to breakfast with her friends. She was an avid Red Sox fan and always would watch them on TV.
She leaves behind two children, Shirley (Ronald) Dupuis of Goffstown, and Walter Stanton of Kenai, Alaska; two step-children, Gary (Ruth) Langlais of Berlin, NH, and Elaine Lambert of Concord; a brother, Robert Parker of Illinois; and a sister, Edwina Adair of Columbia, NH; 12 grandchildren; as well as numerous great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson, nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Hector Langlais in 1985; a son, Edwin Stanton in 2011; and her son, Steve Stanton of Kenai, Alaska, on the very same day as she died; two brothers, George and Harley Parker; and six sisters, Lydia Haynes, Virginia Stanton, Josephine Estabrooks, Jeannette Kimball, Neicie Lyons, and Phyllis Mosher.
There are no public calling hours. A graveside service will be held later in the spring of 2020 in the Colebrook Village Cemetery of which notice will be given.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Rachel may be made to the Community Hospice House, 210 Naticook Road, Merrimack, NH 03054.
Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com.