JAMES E. HEALD

retired funeral director and former owner, Smith & Heald Funeral Home, Milford, New Hampshire, died January 16, 2021, at age 89. Heald attended New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming in Boston, was a licensed funeral director for more than 40 years and a longtime member of the New Hampshire Funeral Directors Association.

Heald served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1951-53 as an infantry solider with the 1st Marine Division and then later as liaison to the 293rd Quarter Master Graves Registration Company in Yong Dong Po, South Korea.

He is survived by wife Kathryn, seven children, 19 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.