North Haverhill, NH- Katharine "Kay" "Trinka" Frizzell Blaisdell, PhD, 87, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully with her husband and best friend Ed, by her side at Brookside Nursing Home and Rehabilitation, White River Junction, VT on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Katharine was born April 4, 1928 in Keene, NH to Theodore and Martha McDanolds Frizzell of Charlestown, NH. She graduated from Charlestown High School in 1946, University of New Hampshire in 1949 and Cornell University, M.S. 1950, Ph.D 1952 (Veterinary Parasitology and Physiology). While at UNH, she met her husband of 66 years, Edwin "Ed" "Doc" Blaisdell, DVM, son of Ellis and Eva Merrill Blaisdell of Belmont, NH. While both attended Cornell, they married in 1949. While raising six children, she assisted in Ed's veterinary practice. Interested in local history and inspired by stories Doc would bring home from his veterinary travels, for many years she wrote the column "Over the River and Through the Years" for the Journal Opinion. These columns then grew into nine books of local and regional history, the "Over the River and Through the Years"series, and a town history, "Haverhill, New Hampshire in the Twentieth Century." Ed and Kay traveled extensively; Dominican Republic, Azores, caribou hunting in the Yukon Territory, Germany Africa, Scotland, Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, and mountain climbing in the rain forests of South America. They drove cross country in their mini van camping in it along the way. They presented many slide shows of their travels, as well as educational historical programs. She was a Sunday school teacher in Charlestown and North Haverhill. For over fifty years, she served as Choir Director and violinist at North Haverhill United Methodist Church and continued singing with the choir through this spring. She dearly loved the choir, her church family and her church. She served as President of Woodsville Progressive Club and Haverhill Historical Society, Northern NH District Director of Women's Clubs, Master of Pink Granite Grange and Charlestown Grange, Trustee of North Haverhill Library and member of the North Country Chorus. She was predeceased by her brother, Dr. James Frizzell, formerly of Sanibel, FL. She is survived by her husband, Edwin Blaisdell, DVM; six children, Carl Blaisdell and wife Gloria of North Haverhill, Dorothy Custance and husband Dana of Belmont, NH, Brian Blaisdell and wife Pamela of Hillsboro, OR, Roscoe Blaisdell and wife Kathleen of Raymond, NH, Marilyn Blaisdell of North Haverhill, and Kenneth Blaisdell and wife Vickey of North Haverhill; 23 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren; a brother, Robert Frizzell and wife Apolonia of Charlestown; two sisters, Theodora Frick and husband Tom of Charlotte, NC and Elizabeth Bascom and husband Allyn of Port Charlotte, FL; and her brother James's wife, Janet of Sanibel, FL; and nieces, nephews, and cousins. Calling hours will be on Friday, July 10 from 6-8 PM at Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, NH. A memorial service will be on Saturday, July 11, at 11 AM at the North Haverhill United Methodist Church, 2900 Dartmouth College Highway, North Haverhill, with Pastor Clint Brake, officiating. Burial will follow in the Center Haverhill Cemetery, Benton Road, North Haverhill. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Haverhill United Methodist Church, PO Box 29, North Haverhill, NH 03774or to the Patten Library, c/o Mrs. Audrey Clough, 2885 Dartmouth College Highway, North Haverhill, NH 03774. Condolences may be mailed to her daughter, Marilyn Blaisdell, 2247 County Road, North Haverhill, NH 03774, which will then be shared with the family.