LEBANON, N.H. – Lawrence W. Littlehale, 79, of 2127 Riverside Drive, Berlin, N.H., passed away on Saturday evening, March 3, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.

He was born in Woodstock, on March 20, 1927, the son of Lawrence W. and Elvira (Ordway) Littlehale. He graduated from Gould Academy in 1946 and had attended Wentworth Institute in Boston, Mass.

He worked for the Brown Company and James River Corporation for many years, retiring in 1989. He was a member of Evening Star Lodge 37 F and AM in Colebrook, N.H. and the Aziscoos Grange 402 in Lincoln Plantation.

Members of the family include his wife, Phyllis (Faulkenham) Littlehale of Berlin; two stepsons, Earl Hart of Stark, N.H., and Roland Hart of Colebrook, N.H.; a stepdaughter, Ramona Caron of Berlin; a sister, Donna Downs of Pittsfield, N.H.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was predeceased by an adopted son, Wayne Hart Littlehale, and by a stepdaughter, Beverly Bacon.