SASSONE, VINCENT PAUL "VINI" SR., 86, of Barre Town, died August 30 at Central Vermont Medical Center, with his family by his side, after a brief illness. He was born on Nov. 4 in Barre City during the Great Flood of 1927, and he was the son of Rose ...
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LENTZ, RUSSELL, 89, of Lancaster, Penn., died August 29, at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, Penn., following a lengthy illness. He was happily married for 66 years to Grace E. Hershey Lentz. Born in Smoketown, Penn., he was the son of the la...
CURTISS, VIVIAN FRANCES, 93, a longtime Williamstown resident, passed on to her eternal rest, on August 29, at the Mayo Healthcare Continuing Care Home in Northfield. Her family was at her bedside to help her complete a rich and fulfilling life. Born...
EASTMAN, ROBERT C. “PUNK,” 70, of Lower Cabot, died at his home as the result of a tractor accident on August 29. He was born in Glens Falls, N. Y., on Aug. 31, 1943, the son of Everett C. and Bertha M. "Betty" (Rabine) Eastman. He attended schoo...
LUDLOW, GERTRUDE "GAY" HOLMES, 98, of East Montpelier, died at her home on August 29. She was born Dec. 6, 1915, in Jersey City, N.J., one of nine children. She worked as a telephone operator at Bell Telephone until her marriage in 1954 to Arty Ludlo...
JACKSON, ESTELLE MILLER, 103, died peacefully at the Blue Spruce Home in Bradford, on Aug. 28, 2014. Born Eleanor Estelle Miller on Sept. 25, 1910, in Plainview, N.Y., the only daughter and youngest child of Nathaniel Edward Miller and Eleonora Wilhe...
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VILLA, RAMON "TOOKO," 92, formerly of Barre Town, passed away August 28, at Clare Bridge Dementia Care Facility in Venice, Fla. Born March 23, 1922, in Montpelier, he was the son of Ramon and Maria Luz (Cruz Conde) Villa. Ramon moved to Barre at an e...
FORDHAM, DOUGLAS A. SR., 65, of West Berlin, died August 27, at Central Vermont Medical Center. He was born in Montpelier on March 28, 1949, the son of Stanley Sr. and Edith (Sweeney) Fordham. He attended school in Barre and Montpelier. He married Li...
SMITH, CONRAD W., 69, died at his Adamant home on August 27, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Conrad was a devoted father and dedicated environmental lawyer. He spent years helping to protect Vermont's natural resources, and devoted hi...
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COX, TERENCE DAVID "TERRY," 74, of Hardwick, died at his home on August 26. He was born March 19, 1940, in Hardwick, the son of the late Albert and Alice (Speir) Cox. He graduated from Hardwick Academy in 1958 and entered the U.S. Air Force in 1959. ...
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September 27, 2014
MCNAULTY, ARNOLD EVERETT "SKIP," 79, of Worcester, died on August 26, at the Vermont Respite House in Williston, with his family by his side. He was born on July 26, 1935, the son of Gardner A. and Annie McNaulty, in Middlesex. He was a veteran of th...
PARROTT, DORIS E., 93, of Montpelier, passed away peacefully on August 26, at Central Vermont Medical Center. Doris was born at home in the house her father built in Fairlee, on May 21, 1921, to the late Homer and Alice (Pierce) Perkins. She graduate...
SMITH, ALBERT DONALD "BABE," 99, a former Montpelier and Barre Town resident, died peacefully August 26. Born on April 16, 1915, in Montpelier, he was the son of George I. and Bertha Mary (Crane) Smith. He attended elementary school in Montpelier and...
September 13, 2014
BRESETT, CLAIRE LESLIE, 74, of Williamstown, died August 26 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born Shirley Elma Collins, Oct. 4, 1939, in Marshfield, she was the adopted daughter of Thomas and Christine (Sicily) Nutbrown. She attended loc...
SMITHERS, PETER HAYWARD, of Randolph, loving husband, father, Grampie and friend, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 25. Born Feb. 2, 1950, in Randolph, Peter was the son of Wendel and Jacqueline Smithers. He spent his youth...
TAYLOR, VIVIAN BRYAN, 93, a longtime Northfield resident, died August 24 at Mayo Rehabilitation and Continuing Care in Northfield. Born June 24, 1921, in Elizabeth, N. J., she grew up a resident of both Mississauga, Ontario, and Winnetka, Ill., where...
KIDD, DORIS W., 95, died on August 24, at Mayo Healthcare in Northfield, Vermont. Predeceased by her husband, Kenneth Kidd, of Northfield, and three brothers of Watertown, N. Y., she is survived by one daughter, Katherine Young, of Victoria, British ...
LEWIS, DORTHEA COLE, 91, of Montpelier, died peacefully in her sleep on August 23, at the Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin. Dot was born and raised on a farm in Chilhowie, Va. As a child, she discovered arrowheads near her home and raised a sheep, us...
BENJAMIN, MURIEL JEAN, 83, of South Woodbury died peacefully August 23, at the Woodridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Berlin, with her children at her bedside. She was born August 28, 1930 in Bury, Quebec Canada, the daughter of the late F....
FLINT, ELLOWEENE OSHA, 93, of Randolph, a resident of Joslyn House, died August 22, at Gifford Medical Center. She was born April 5, 1921, in Monkton, the daughter of Galen and Hazel (Alger) Osha. She graduated from Randolph High School in 1940 and w...
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SALVADOR, JOHN A. "GIANNINO," 87, of South Barre, died peacefully of heart failure at his home, surrounded by his family, on August 22. He was born on July 22, 1927, the only child of immigrant Italian parents, Pasquale and Rosa (Colombo Zorzi), in B...
September 6, 2014
NUTTING, ROBERT D. "BOB," 69, of Stafford, died August 22, at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 20, 1945, in Lebanon, N. H., the son of Everett D. "Tink" and Annie M. (Ferris) Nutting. He atte...
BAGLEY, MARY AUSTIN, 100, longtime West Topsham resident, passed away on August 22....
HEALY, JAMES MILTON JR., 58, of Montgomery, passed away on August 22....
WILLIS, DOROTHY S., 78, of Waterbury Center, died August 21, at Central Vermont Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 1, 1936, in Rutland, the only child of the late Florence Richardson Sheldon and Harrison N. Sheldon Jr. She ...
