Stephen Wellington of Pike, NH passed away on Thursday January 13th at the age of 89. He had been in declining health for many months from the combined effects of congestive heart failure and dementia and finally died as he had lived peacefully and surrounded by family. Stephen was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1921 to a family of bankers and business people. He graduated from Milton Academy in 1939 and was a class of 1943 graduate of Yale University. He enlisted in the Air Force during World War II and was trained as a meteorologist at MIT. As a dashing young 2nd Lieutenant, he lived an active social life during his training, and frequently dated women at Smith College where he met and was smitten by the gregarious and beautiful Ruth Jeffers, of Northampton, MA. During his tours as a weather forecaster at airfields in Nebraska, Paris, France and Naples, Italy, the pair carried on a passionate and wide-ranging correspondence, and following the war they were married, eventually settling in Newton, Massachusetts. While Steve pursued a career as an industrial engineer, the couple raised five children. After the last of the kids were through school, the couple retired to Ruth s family home in Pike where they raised Herefords and made maple syrup for many years. Steve was particularly interested in historic preservation and was a major contributor to the renovation of the Bedell Covered Bridge, Alumni Hall in Haverhill, and the Canterbury Shaker Village. He was also a long-time supporter of the Montshire Museum of Science and the Mayhew Program for at-risk youth. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ruth, of Pike, NH; their children Alice H. Wellington and husband Rob Bushkoff of Concord, MA; Stephen Wellington, Jr. and wife Kathy of St. Paul, MN, and their children Jeffrey, Laura, and David; Weston Wellington and wife Karen of Pacific Palisades, CA, and their children Benjamin and Warren; Beth Wellington and husband Norberto James of Wellesley, MA and their son Tito; and Roger Wellington of Amherst, NH and his children Lily and Rebecca. In addition, he has five great-grandsons. Steve will be remembered for his gracious, gentlemanly manner and quiet generosity. He was a steadfast and loving husband and an understanding father. Shortly before his death, he was looking across a pasture that he had fenced 35 years ago and remarked, with evident pleasure, that the locust fence posts he had dug and set were still holding strong. Like those posts, Steve s memory will stand for years in the hearts of all who knew and loved him. There will be no calling hours. A memorial service is on Saturday, January 29, at 3 PM at the First Congregational Church of Haverhill UCC in Haverhill, NH. Burial will be in the East Haverhill Cemetery in the spring. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Mayhew Program, P.O. Box 120, Bristol, NH 03222 or Alumni Hall, P.O. Box 125, Haverhill, NH 03765.