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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.

Ralph W. Spofford

Ralph Spofford of Job Seaman's Acres in New London, NH died on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the age of 79.  In December of 2001, Ralph and his wife, Mary Lou, "Mickey," granted Ausbon Sargent a conservation easement on their 21-acre property located on the northwest end of Pleasant Lake accessed from Lakeshore Road.

Professor Myron Rosenblum

Professor Myron Rosenblum, beloved husband of Rachel and devoted father of Miriam, Jonathan and Leah, passed away at his home in Lexington, MA on January 29, 2016. Myron, with his wife, Rachel, was a landowner of an Ausbon Sargent protected property in Danbury. Myron was born in New York in 1925.

Donald J. Gross

Donald J. Gross, of Kearsarge Mountain Road and a landowner of a large Ausbon Sargent protected property just off of Rt. 11 in Andover, died on January 7, 2016 at the age of 65.  Don graduated from New London High School, the Claremont VoTech and later, went to FBI training in Quantico, VA.  He was a 32-year veteran of the Nashua Police Department, retiring in 2004 as Chief.

Robert Dale Stevens

Robert D. Stevens, PhD, died on July 10, 2014 at the age of 86.  Influenced by work that his mother had done, Bob was committed to land preservation.  Bob’s grandfather, William R. Cordingley, and his family developed a love affair with the area of SooNipi Park Lodge.