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REED, ESTHER M., 79
REED, ESTHER M., 79, of White River Junction, passed peacefully on November 9, with her family gathered around her at the Central Vermont Medical Center, from complications of pneumonia. She had also dealt with several years of Alzheimer's dementia. Esther was born on March 10, 1933, in Fletcher. She was the second of five children born to Fred B. Green Sr. and Doris (Ducharme) Green. Esther was predeceased by her parents; two siblings, Emma Dennison and Maxwell Green; a son, Gordon Downing; and one great-granddaughter, Whitney Howe. Esther is survived by her husband, Herbert G. Kennedy of White River Junction; her son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Linda Downing of Pittsburgh, Penn. (formerly of South Royalton); her stepchildren, Dale Post, Ann Kennedy, Dean Kennedy and Denis Kennedy; 23 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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