Gerard Robert Metivier

He was born in Keene, NH on April 28, 1937, the son of the late Almanzor Metivier and Theresa (Bergeron) Metivier.

Gerry grew up in Keene and graduated from Keene High School where he met the love of his life Shirley Blood. They were married July 25, 1959.

He spent his entire career working for the MPB Corporation in Keene.

Gerry enjoyed the outdoor life. He has fished in local lakes, ponds, and brooks since he was a boy. He spent many summers on Lake Winnipesaukee fishing with Shirley. He loved to cook up his fish and game, and share it with friends and family. They also enjoyed going to yard sales, auctions and flea markets together. Some of his other hobbies were hunting, trapping, rooting for the Red Sox and watching westerns.

Later in life he took up his mother's passion for gardening. He had vegetable gardens but most of all he loved his flower gardens. He had more flowers and lawn ornaments than lawn. He would never pass up a good card game of Up and Down the River with friends and family. He had a great sense of humor and enjoyed making others laugh.

Gerry is survived by his two daughters and their spouses, Cherie and Bill Hutwelker, Deb Metivier and Chris Wamser; his grandchildren, Marcy Moreau and her husband Scott Moreau, Val Driscoll and their partner Rebekah Dutkiewicz, Sean Driscoll, Tyler Cote and his wife Lauren Yanko, Elyse Cote; great-grandchild, Sylvia Curtis; and many nieces and nephews.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, July 25, 2024, on Gerry and Shirley's 65th wedding anniversary, at 10:30am in St. Bernard Church, 185 Main Street, Keene, NH. Burial with committal prayers will follow the mass in the Monadnock View Cemetery, Park Ave, Keene. Details on the celebration of life will be announced at the mass.

In lieu of flowers, for those who wish, donations may be made in Mr. Metivier's memory to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall Street #104, Manchester, NH 03101.