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PARADISE, KEVIN JOSEPH, 47
PARADISE, KEVIN JOSEPH, 47, of East Ryegate, died on February 5 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He was born in Pawtucket, R.I., Aug. 14, 1965, the son of Earl Joseph "Chuck" and Doris Blanche (Thurber) Paradise. Kevin graduated from high school in Hollywood, Fla., in 1983. He married Aprille S. Tougas on Dec. 28, 1988. He worked as a boom truck operator setting signs for Acme Painting Co. and also for Mulcahey's Well and Pump, both of Rhode Island. Kevin and Aprille moved to Vermont in 1995 from Rhode Island. He worked for Cabot Creamery in Cabot as a machine operator for many years. Kevin loved spending time with his family. He enjoyed four-wheeling, tinkering with vehicles and watching NASCAR. He also loved his therapy cat, Tei Tei. He was predeceased by his parents and two brothers, Alan and Kenneth Paradise. Survivors include his wife of 24 years, Aprille S. Paradise, of East Ryegate; two daughters, Danielle Toshiko-Paradise Enger and husband Skyler, of Vilsek, Germany, and Chantelle Doris Paradise, of Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio; a brother, Earl "Joe" Paradise, and wife Ann, of Bass Harbor, Maine; several nieces, nephews, cousins and two great-nieces.
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