Woodsville, NH-  Alvin Francis Thurston, 81, died on Monday, June 12, 2017, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.

Alvin was born in Roxbury, VT, on November 9, 1935, to Harold and Gladys (Stoddard) Thurston.  For many years, he worked for Transpower of Hartford, CT, as a high tension lineman, a job that took him to nearly all fifty states.

For the past five years, he has lived in Woodsville after relocating from Middleton, NH.  He was a member of IBEW Local #42 of Hartford.  As a younger man, he obtained his pilot license and he continued to enjoy flying, along with cars and motorcycles.

He is survived by a daughter, Susan Luciano and husband Christopher of Middleton, NH; a son, James E. Thurston and wife Patience of Woodsville; a granddaughter, Jamie Lynn Thurston and Justin Stroup of Sugar Hill, NH; a sister, Eva Marie Thurston of Burlington, VT; nieces, nephews, and cousins;  good friends, Curtis Stocker and Liz Achilles of South Ryegate, VT; along with many other area friends.  He also leaves his faithful feline pal Miss Kitty, and three "grandpuppies" Lucy, Riley, and Lily

There will be no calling hours.

A graveside service will be on Tuesday, June 20th at 2 PM in Pine Grove Cemetery, Swiftwater Road, Woodsville, NH.