John S. Scharf, 93

John "Jay" Stewart Scharf of Tilton, passed away on Jan. 21, 2025, at age 93 of natural causes.

He was born on Jan. 2, 1932, on Nantucket Island. His mother always liked to remind him he was a New Year's baby (as no other babies had been born before him that year). He was the third son of Rudolph L. Scharf and Francis E. Weber. He spent his early childhood in Nantucket, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Belmont.

John graduated from Laconia High School in 1949. He spent three years in the Army during the Korean War. He went on to attend Boston University, graduating in 1956, and University of Southern Maine with an master's in business administration in 1971.

He married Patricia Kelsey on March 23, 1957, in New Canaan, Connecticut. They moved to Maine in 1964, with two sets of twin boys. While in Maine, John worked as a salesman selling roofing products and started Northeast Building Products, a wholesale building products company with his brother Ernie.

His next adventure was to travel out to California, to be near his sister Francis. His last career was transporting larger vehicles from manufactures to dealers, showing up in New York City once with an ambulance he was delivering to Massachusetts.

He had a passion for the Patriots and of all things in the Conservative party.

John is survived by his sons, Ted K. Scharf of Augusta, Maine, Scott W. Scharf and his wife Susan of Portland, Maine, and Steven C. Scharf of Portland, Maine. He is also survived by an extend family from his brother and sister along with the family of Pauline Desrochers.

He was predeceased by his father and mother, Rudolph L. Scharf and Francis E. Weber; sister Francis Warden and brother Ernest G. Scharf; son Eric G. Scharf, Patrica Kelsey Scharf, and longtime partner Pauline Desrochers.

In lieu of flowers, John asked that donations be made to Resident Benefits Fund, New Hampshire Veterans Home, 139 Winter St., Tilton, NH 03276.

A service of internment will be held at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Hwy, Boscawen, at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7. 

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