Frances L Hooper

Wolfeboro-Frances L. Hooper, 91, died August 5, 2016, at Mountain View Community in Ossipee, NH. Born in Bridgeton, ME August 1, 1925 she was the daughter of H. Franklin and Abby (Brown) Riley. The family moved to Water Village Ossipee in 1932. On July 9, 1944 she married Howard Hooper and moved to Wolfeboro where she resided on Bryant Road for the remainder of her life. She and many members of her family were employed by the Carroll County Home during WWII. She was a past member of the Ossipee Grange and the Wolfeboro American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed working in her flower gardens, doing handiwork but her biggest pleasure was baking, especially cookies for family and friends. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Howard, her sister Bertha Smith of Tuftonboro and two brothers Ernest and Herbert Riley both of Ossipee. She is survived by two daughters, Jane Griffin and her husband Michael and Suzanne Hooper all of Wolfeboro, her grandson Mathew Griffin and his wife Whitni and her greatest joy of the last three years her great grandson Oliver Michael. She is also survived by two brother in-laws, Ellsworth Hooper and his wife Muriel of Tuftonboro and Ernest Hooper and his wife Frances of Wolfeboro and a large number of nieces and nephews. There will be no calling hours or service. Because she leaves behind two special feline friends, Moon and Star, memorial donations may be made in her name to the Lakes Region Humane Society, PO Box 655, Ossipee, NH 03864. The Baker-Gagne Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Wolfeboro is assisting the family with the arrangements. To sign an online guest book and leave a note of condolence go to: www.baker-gagnefuneralhomes.com