Fitzwilliam, N.H.—Jeraldine Marie Travers, 78, died May 6, 2011, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

She was born at home on Church Street in Middletown, N.J., on January 26, 1933, the daughter of Jerome Leo and Marie Josephine (LaBrecque) Travers.

She graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School, Red Bank, N.J., in 1951 as valedictorian. She graduated from the College of Saint Joseph in Rutland in 1978.

After high school, she worked at Mount English Ford, Red Bank, N.J., where she met her first husband, Cecil “Sandy” Angier Graves. They married in St. James Catholic Church in Red Bank, N.J. in 1953. They had five children and lived in Red Bank, N.J., and West Fairlee.

She married Walter Whitaker in 1964. They lived in Red Bank, N.J. and had two children.

She worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 25 years, and at Manadnock Regional High School in New Hampshire for five years. She volunteered at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H.

She enjoyed working in her gardens, as well as spending time with her friends in the garden club.

Survivors include seven children and their spouses: Sandee Gendron, Marie and Paul Graves-Audette, Beth and Mark Graves-Lombard, Mark and Sandy Graves, John Graves, Amy and Matt Poirier of Randolph, and Jo and Keith Canney; two sisters and their husbands, Jacqueline and Donald Patterson and Alida and Donald Masyada; 19 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her first husband, Cecil Angier Graves Jr.; her second husband, Walter Whitaker; and her sister, Marie Elizabeth (Travers) Paine.

Funeral services took place Wednesday, May 11 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Troy, N.H.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Fitzwilliam Fire Department -c/o FREMS Association of Fitzwilliam, P.O. Box 725, Fitzwilliam, N.H. 03447; or to the Visiting Nurses Association at www.vnavnh.org.

The family invites you to share in the celebration of her life at www.gendronfuneralhome.com.