NASHUA – Judy Rolfe’s Nashua High School classmates once wondered if their friend might one day “become a female Arnold Palmer.” What they already knew back in spring 1964 was that Rolfe was “well-liked” and “always enjoyed an exciting football game.”
Including such biographical tidbits with graduates’ yearbook photos was a common practice for students in the 1960s such as Judith A. Rolfe, whose life came to a violent end Saturday allegedly at the hands of her brother, Duane Rolfe. Rolfe also said in the 1964 Tusitala, the NHS yearbook, that she planned to attend college and ultimately, to achieve success.
Quiet but friendly, especially to those who frequented Nashua’s iconic McDonald’s Kitchenware Store, Judy Rolfe operated the family business for years, working alongside the same brother accused of killing her early Saturday morning in the Belmont Street home the siblings shared.
Duane Rolfe was arraigned Tuesday on two alternate counts of second-degree murder in connection with his sister’s death, which prosecutors said was caused by multiple blows to her head.
A year younger than his sister, Duane Rolfe bore little resemblance in Tuesday morning’s video arraignment to the tall, husky youth with the athletic build pictured in the 1965 Tusitala.![]()
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