ABBOT – Karlene Elizabeth Scales, 84, died Jan. 8, 2009, at Merriman House, North Conway, N.H., where she had been battling Alzheimer’s disease. She was born Dec. 20, 1924, daughter of Carl and Nina Blanchard. Karlene lived most of her life in the Guilford and Abbot area. For the past nine years she had lived with her son and his wife, John and Connie Scales, in Stark, N.H. She liked being called “Grammie Butchie,” and being outdoors with her favorite “hat of the day.” She enjoyed having her cats and dogs around her, and in her later years especially enjoyed spending time with her granddaughter, Nikki and her great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, John D. Scales Sr.; her granddaughter, Brandi Scales; two sisters, Rachel Ordway and Barbara Mason; and a brother, Sheldon Blanchard. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Connie Scales of Stark, N.H.; a granddaughter, Nikki Monley and her husband, Jason, of Lancaster, N.H.; great-grandchildren, Baylee Monley, Rylee Monley and Nolan Monley; and two brothers, Reginald Blanchard of Holiday, Fla., and Kenneth Blanchard of San Antonio. Graveside services will be held in summer 2009 at Blanchard Cemetery, Abbot. Arrangements by Crosby & Neal, Guilford. For an online guest register, go to www.CrosbyNeal.com.
KARLENE ELIZABETH SCALES
