Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Raymond E. Thibeault HAMPSTEAD, N.H. -- Raymond E. Thibeault, 78, died Sunday at home. He delivered milk for Ross Corner Dairy Farm as a child. He was later Derry's road agent and a civil engineer for the state. He worked for Yemma Brothers and Merrimack Paving in Groveland, Mass., and later owned and operated Raymond E. Thibeault Construction in Hampstead before retiring in 1973. Mr. Thibeault and his wife helped set up the Michael Cargil Center of Learning in Rochester and owned and operated Bit's and Pieces Gift Shop in York, Maine, and Yankee Pantry Restaurant in East Hampstead. Born and educated in Derry, Mr. Thibeault attended Pinkerton Academy and served in the Army with the Fighting 69th Infantry Regiment during World War II, participating in the Battle of the Bulge and attaining the rank of master sergeant. He then returned to Pinkerton Academy, from where he graduated in 1948, and received his degree in civil engineering from New England College in Henniker in 1952. Mr. Thibeault lived in Hampstead for 41 years and was a member and past president of the Hampstead Lions Club, past Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11254 in Hampstead, a 4th Degree Knight with the Knights of Columbus in Derry and a member of the American Legion Carl Davis Post 34 in Plaistow. He served on the Hampstead Planning Board and the Board of Adjustment and organized yearly senior citizens trips and the senior citizens' Christmas dinners for many years. He leaves wife of 53 years Joyce E. (Wentworth) Thibeault; daughters Joan Murray of Manchester, Cynthia Bedard of Sandown, Martha Temple of Kingston, Kathleen Gavriluk of Methuen, Mass., Linda Moseley of Kingston, Rae Ellen Chute of Windham, Maine, and Doreen Benton of Hampstead; brothers Paul of Tampa, Fla., Robert of Huntsville, Ala., William of Canton, Mass., and Richard of Derry; 18 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Hampstead Rescue Squad, 17 Little Road, Hampstead, NH 03841. ARRANGEMENTS: Calling hours are tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Church on the Plains, Kingston. Burial will follow in West Hampstead Cemetery, Hampstead.