Woodsville, NH-  Rosalie Eileen "Nancy" (Raymond) Cowell Partington, 84, of Swiftwater Road, died on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at her home.

Nancy was born in East Bridgewater, MA on March 21, 1935 to Lawrence and Edith Irene (Vincent) Raymond.  She was a graduate of Wareham High School.  On September 6, 1953, she married William G. Cowell.

While in Wareham, she was the assistant manager for the Bourne Mill Restaurant.  Locally, she worked for Dr. Blaisdell's veterinary clinic, waitressed at the former Barge Inn for George, and along with her husband, Bill, she owned and operated the Donut Shop in Woodsville.

Nancy and Bill moved to East Haverhill from Wareham in 1971 and later to Woodsville in 1979.  She was very civic-minded and participated in local area events such as the Woodsville-Wells River Fourth of July parades, of which she and Bill were founding members, the Wareham Fire Department and Woodsville Fire Auxiliary, and was a Lady of the Eastern Star.  She was a member and past longtime president of the Ross-Wood #20 American Legion Post Ladies Auxiliary, participated in New Hampshire Girl's State, and was a former president of the State Ladies Auxiliary.

In her spare time, Nancy loved dancing, playing the organ, knitting, crocheting, and sewing, playing cribbage, and cooking.  She also provided a home and fostered stray animals.  And may it be said….Nancy possessed a very spirited, lively personality.

She was predeceased by her first husband, William G. Cowell, Sr. on August 15, 1999; her second husband, Richard J. Partington, Sr. to whom she was married on April 16, 2000 prior to his death on May 19, 2013; and a son, William G. Cowell, Jr. on May 2, 2008.

Surviving are her children Paula C. Reynolds of Fort Myers, FL, Prudence C. Kaiser and husband Stephen of Bath, NH, and Jeffrey E. Cowell of Woodsville; nine grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren; three sisters, Joanne Anderson of Silver Spring, MD, Sandra Raymond of Charleston, WV, and Sallie Butler of Buzzards Bay, MA; a brother, Charles "Skee" Raymond of Orient, OH; as well as several nieces and nephews.

THERE ARE NO CALLING HOURS SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.

A memorial service will be on Friday, December 20 ^th , at 11 AM in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 3 Church Street, Woodsville, with Father William Watts, officiating.

Burial will be held at the convenience of the family in the spring at the Pine Grove Cemetery, Swiftwater Road, Woodsville.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ross-Wood American Legion Post #20 Ladies Auxiliary, 4 Ammonoosuc Street, Woodsville, NH  03785.