Josiah Winfield Varney, Jr.
March 20, 1924 - December 15, 2005

Josiah Winfield Varney Jr., 81, of Hanover Road, the retired owner/operator of Varney's Cleaning and Laundry, Rochester, NH, died Thursday at Florida Hospital DeLand. Mr. Varney, a Navy veteran of World War II, who served as a Seabee, was born in Newmarket, NH. He moved to this area in 1981 from Rochester. He was a member of the F&AM Humane Lodge No. 21 and the Kiwanis, Rochester.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Anita; three sons, Peter of Rocky Mount, NC, Thomas of Alton, NH and James of Dover, NH; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.