Louise (Atwood) Sawyer

Louise (Atwood) Sawyer PLAINFIELD — Louise May (Atwood) Sawyer, 85, died on Saturday morning, May 7, 2022, at the Sullivan County Healthcare Facility, after a long illness. Louise was born on Oct. 4, 1936, in Hanover, the daughter of Francis and May (Read) Atwood, of Plainfield, New Hampshire. She graduated from Windsor High School in 1954. Louise has enjoyed planning for and attending class reunions with her classmates over the ensuing years. Immediately following graduation, she married Ellsworth G. “Sonny” Sawyer Jr. at the Plainfield Community Church, on June 26, 1954. They spent their first married days in California where Sonny was stationed in the U.S. Army. Returning to Plainfield, their first daughter, Viola, was born in 1955, followed by Carol, nearly 10 years later in 1964. Louise was a lifelong resident of Plainfield, until she required assistance and went to live with her daughter and son-in-law in Claremont. Louise put her secretarial and bookkeeping skills to use over the years working for PR Publishing in Meriden, Airkem VT-NH, and William A. Smith Auctions. She proudly opened up her own venture of Sawyer’s Market on Westgate Road, in 1983, serving locals with her friendly nature for several years. She also worked as a sales agent for Nationwide Insurance and enjoyed her time as a consultant for Park Lane Jewelry. Louise was a member of the Plainfield Community Church, the Blow-Me-Down Grange, Plainfield Historical Society, the Windsor High School Alumni Association, the USS Belle Grove LSD-2 Association, and Chapter E-NH of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Louise loved the ocean, swimming, country music, watching her soaps operas, and spending time with her many friends. Most of all, she loved her large extended Read/Rogers family, and being Mom, Gram, and GiGi. She will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved her. She was predeceased by her husband of 45 years, Sonny; her youngest daughter, Carol F. Sawyer; her brother, Caleb F. Atwood; and a very special significant-other, Wallace F. “Wally” Hentschel, and his daughter, Beth Ann (Hentschel) Pickett. Once you joined the family, she loved everyone as if they were her very own, lovingly, and equally. Louise is survived by her daughter and “son”-in-law, Viola and Edgar “Sonny” Lunderville, of Claremont; granddaughter and “grandson,” Tracey (Lunderville) and Todd Rivard, of Claremont; grandson and “granddaughter,” Cory and Kelly Lunderville, of Jacksonville, Florida; great-granddaughter Brittany Peebles, of Charlestown; great-grandson Brady Lunderville, great-granddaughter Brooke Lunderville and great-grandson Bryce Lunderville, all of Jacksonville, Florida. She is also survived by children of Wally, William and Sally Hentschel, of Rockland, Massachusetts, and David and Bonnie Hentschel, of Ferrisburgh, Vermont, and the families of the Hentschel children. As well, she leaves behind several very close cousins, nephews and nieces. Calling hours will be held at Knight Funeral Home in Windsor, Vermont, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, from 4 until 6 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Friday, May 13, at 11 a.m. in Plainfield Community Baptist Church in Plainfield, New Hampshire, with a burial to follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Bridgewater, Vermont. The family suggests that donations may be made to Town of Plainfield, P.O. Box 380, 110 Main St., Meriden, NH 03770. Please put Schell Fund-Sawyer in the memo line. Knight Funeral Home of Windsor, Vermont, is honored to be entrusted with arrangements and online condolences are appreciated at www.knightfuneralhomes.com