SUNAPEE — Harry S. Gale Jr., former New Hampshire state representative, died peacefully at his Sunapee home Monday, April 23, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 5, 1932, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the late Harry S. Gale Sr. and Norma (Costa) Gale-Delkranian.
Harry grew up in the Boston area. He was proud of his military service as a U.S. Army Airborne Ranger. He founded and operated his own management consulting business, Gale Associates, negotiating hundreds of labor contracts for cities, towns and school boards. Harry served for 20 years as Sunapee’s town and school district moderator and volunteered as a court-appointed special advocate for children.
Harry had many interests. He was a tennis pro, a pilot and captain of the Sunapee sailing fleet. He loved cars, clocks and cooking his mother’s Portuguese soups.
Above all, Harry was honest and had a passion for living life to the fullest and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Harry was predeceased by his parents; his first wife, Helen Moore Gale; two grandchildren; and brothers Harvey, Myron, Frank and Russell Gale.
Surviving family includes his wife of many years, Joyce (Murphy) Gale; children Stewart (Donna) Gale, Sharon (Peter) Galvin, Sheryl (Michael) O’Leary, Michael (Laura) Gale, Cynthia Loporcaro, Catherine (Brian Whipple) Thompson, Katherine (William) Townsend, and Benjamin Townsend; siblings Donald (Kathy) Gale, Stephen Gale, Norma (Tony) Arena, Ethel D’Mango and Patricia Sherman; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and many extended family members.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at noon Friday, May 4, at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 724 Main St., in New London. Burial with military honors will be held at 3 p.m. at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Highway in Boscawen.
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