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GUPTIL, KENNETH WARD, 83
GUPTIL, KENNETH WARD, 83, of Waterbury Center, passed away peacefully in the comfort of his family at Central Vermont Medical Center on June 19. Born in Waterbury Center on Dec. 6, 1925, he was the son of the late Kenneth D. and Bertha (Ward) Guptil. Ken was previously married to the former Barbara Gibbs. Ken was a 1944 graduate of Waterbury High School and then continued to work on the family farm. In the early sixties he went to work for Rock of Ages in the quarries for several years. Ken was later employed by the State of Vermont, first in the Highway Department and then at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, where he worked in housekeeping. He was also employed by the Mount Mansfield Co. operating a ski lift in the winter and was a part time bartender at the Waterbury American Legion. He retired in 1991. In his leisure time he enjoyed watching sports of all kinds, especially tennis; was a member of the "251 Club" enjoyed candlepin bowling, and as a younger man, he was an avid hiker, having walked most of the Long Trail in Vermont. Ken is survived by his children, Stephen Guptil and wife, Pam of Waterbury Center, and Mark Guptil and partner, Arnold Domina of Montpelier; two grandsons; and his former wife, Barbara Brackett of Waterbury Center. A son, Randy Guptil, predeceased Ken.
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