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In Memoriam

Dean Bensley

Dean Edward Bensley of New London, NH passed away peacefully on the evening of November 5, 2020 with his loving wife Clare holding his hand and family by his side.

Don Robert Cline

Don Robert Cline passed away peacefully on September 20, 2019 at the Andover, NH home he shared with Lorraine, his wife of 32 years.  Don was a man of many talents.

Gary Clark

Gary Clark passed away peacefully at his Rowe Mountain Road home in Bradford on August 15, 2019 at the age of 71.  The Ausbon Sargent community got to know Gary when he placed a conservation easement through Ausbon Sargent on his 63-acre George Clark Woods property in Bradford on October 20, 2017.  Gary’s father, George, had purchased the property in 1958 as a wildlife and recreation haven for

Dorothy Birmingham Gordon

Dorothy Birmingham Gordon passed away peacefully on April 22, 2019 at the age of 103.  Although Dot was born in Passaic, NJ and lived a great deal of her adult life in New York, she had been a summer resident of New London since 1941 and moved to New London permanently in 1980.

Dallas R. Patten

Dallas R. Patten of Springfield died on Monday, January 29, 2018.  Dallas’ life work was farming.  He and his brother first operated a dairy farm until 2009 when they sold the herd, but they have continued to the present to raise beef cattle and farm for hay production.

Jack Lyle

Jack Lyle died peacefully in his home in Springfield, NH on June 24, 2017 at the age of 88.  Jack and his wife, Cheryl Cummer have been long-time land conservation supporters and preserved their family homestead in Mandarin, Florida on the St.

Steven W. Youngs

Steven W. Youngs, D.O. died on Jan. 22, 2017 in a fire at his home on his Ausbon Sargent Easement property on Little Hill Road in Webster.  Steven was 61 years old.  He was born in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 6, 1955 and grew up in Madison, New Orleans, and Washington D.C.

Ruth "Sue" Ingersoll Clough

Ruth “Sue” Ingersoll Clough passed away on December 19, 2016 in Newport, NH at the age of 73.  Sue grew up in Newton, Mass., graduating from the Cambridge School of Weston.  She met John Clough of New London NH when they both attended Middlebury College and they were married in 1964.  After spending time in Colorado, they moved back to NH and eventually, back to John’s hometown of New London in

Amy Hughes Blitzer

On October 29, 2016, Ausbon Sargent lost a special friend, member, and easement donor. Sadly, Amy Hughes Blitzer passed away at the age of 90 while on vacation with her family. Amy, an accomplished sculptor, working with wood, bronze and clay, taught art at the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, MA. She married her husband Dr.

Richard "Dick" Webb

The Webb family lost their beloved patriarch, Richard “Dick” Webb, on July 6, 2016 just shy of his 95th birthday and the Mt. Kearsarge/Lake Sunapee area lost one of the most dedicated and influential conservationists and tree farmers of our time.