Obituary notes death of 101-year-old Evelyn Kennell in Unity
Evelyn Kennell died peacefully at Sullivan County Health Care in Unity at 101, closing a life that began in 1925 and ended in the county-run home she depended on.
Evelyn Kennell died peacefully at Sullivan County Health Care in Unity, the county-owned nursing home where she spent her final days. She was 101, born Feb. 27, 1925, and her death notice marked the end of a life that stretched across nearly a century of Sullivan County change.
A July 18 obituary placed Kennell’s death inside one of the county’s most important public care settings. Sullivan County says Sullivan County Health Care is owned by the citizens of Sullivan County and operated by the County Commissioners to provide residential nursing care for people who need it. The home is Medicaid licensed for 156 beds as an intermediate care facility and is certified by the New Hampshire Bureau of Health Facilities Administration.
Public facility listings put the nursing home at 5 Nursing Home Drive, Unity, NH 03743, with 156 certified beds and about 122 to 125 residents on an average day. That scale makes the facility a central part of county elder care, especially for families who need a local option when older relatives can no longer remain at home.
The home has also changed physically in recent years. A Valley News story in May 2025 reported that residents moved into the nursing home’s new addition after renovations, a project framed around improving quality of life inside the building. Public data labeled for June 2026 show nursing-home staffing context as well, with total nurse staffing summarized at about 4 hours 43 minutes per resident day and listed below the state average.
Kennell’s age gives the notice its historical weight. A person born in 1925 lived through the Great Depression, World War II, the postwar years and the sweeping changes that remade medicine, transportation, work and family life. In a county where many residents know Sullivan County Health Care as the place where some of the oldest neighbors spend their final months or years, her obituary is both a family record and a reminder of the public systems that carry people through old age in Unity.
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