Lebanon, NH – Mabel H. Dyer, 88, died Tuesday evening, April 22, at

the Lebanon Center Genesis Health Care Facility in Lebanon, NH. She

was born July 21, 1925 in Hanover, NH the daughter of Harold C. and

Helen O.Ward. Mabel grew up in Strafford, VT and attended

Hanover High School. She was married to Frank Dyer in 1947.

Following their divorce in 1969 she went to work as a housekeeper in

and around the Upper Valley region. For many years Mabel served the

Schumann family in Hanover as a housekeeper and nanny. She lived

most of her life in Strafford, VT before moving to Wilder, VT in her

later years. She lived in West Lebanon, NH for a brief time before

she moved to the Lebanon Center Genesis where she has resided for the

past five years.

Mabel was a strong independent woman. She was devoted to working and

supporting her family. Cooking and baking were her two favorite past

She was predeceased by two brothers, Ralph H. Ward and Donald L.

Ward. She is survived by two sons, Dale A. Dyer and his wife Judith

and Rex A. Dyer and his wife Patty all of Sharon, VT, three

grandchildren, Darci, Kim and Cody,five great grandchildren two

sisters, Myrtle Spaulding of Hartford, VT and Aldea M. Brown of El

Paso, TX as well as many nieces and nephews.

A private graveside service will be held at a later date in

the Strafford Cemetery in Strafford, VT. The Knight Funeral Home in

White River Jct., VT has been entrusted with

arrangements.