JOHNSON, MARJORIE M., 88, died March 17, at Genesis HealthCare in Lebanon, N.H. She was born June 30, 1925, in Vershire, the daughter of Leon and Maude (Cloudman) Eastman. She attended school in South Vershire, in a one-room schoolhouse. On April 13,...
SPEAKER, MANDY KAY, 36, of Barre, died unexpectedly March 16, at her home. Born May 2, 1977, in Olean, N.Y., she was the daughter of Martin A. and Joan (Slaughter) Thurston. She graduated from high school in Farmington, N.H., in 1995 and received an ...
STONE, ANN "NAN," of Montpelier, died in peace on March 16. She suffered a stroke and died one week later after declining any life-prolonging assistance. Nan was born June 25, 1921, in Indianapolis, Ind., the daughter of Arnold and Helen (Clark) Talb...
BRANDT, MARK A., of Danville, loving son, brother, uncle and dear friend, died March 16, at his home. Mark was born July 15, 1984, in Eau Claire, Wis., to David and Rachel (Charbonneau) Brandt, of Cabot, Vt. Mark, an AFA certified farrier of 10-plus ...
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NICHOLSON, DOUGLAS HAROLD, 59, of Montpelier, died unexpectedly March 15. He was born Feb. 16, 1955, in Montpelier, the son of Harold Glenn and Laura Mae (Savage) Nicholson. He attended schools in Montpelier and graduated from Montpelier High School ...
THURBER, DONALD H. JR., 50, of Barre, died March 15, at his residence. He was born Oct. 7, 1963, in Barre, the son of Donald and Elsie (Morrison) Thurber Sr. He attended Orange schools and Spaulding High School. He first married Tammie Kennett, who p...
LENO, JEANNE CLAIRE SEGUIN, 70, of Montpelier, and a resident of Woodridge Nursing Home, died March 14, at Central Vermont Medical Center. She was born in Barre March 21, 1943, the daughter of Paul L. and Millicent (Fleurrey) Seguin. Jeanne attended ...
PARTLOW, ROBERT A., 78, of Marshfield, died March 14, at his home. He was born in Northfield on Nov. 22, 1935, the son of Charles and Margaret (Perra) Partlow. He graduated from Northfield High School in 1953. He had been married to Dawn McKinney and...
June 22, 2014
BLANCHARD, BETTY ANNE, 69, of Northfield, died March 14, at Fletcher Allen Health Care. She was born Aug. 9, 1944, in Barre, the daughter of Joseph and Anne (Wayda) Blinn. She was a graduate of Spaulding High School. She had worked at National Life, ...
June 27, 2014
LENO, JEANNE S. - A funeral Mass for Jeanne S. Leno, of Montpelier and a resident of Woodridge Nursing Home for several years, who died March 14, 2014, will be held at 11am Friday, June 27, 2014, at St. Augustine Church, 16 Barre St. in Montpelier. B...
MUNRO, SIR ALASDAIR THOMAS IAN, 86, of Lindertis, Bt., a longtime resident of Waitsfield, passed away at Central Vermont Medical Center on March 13. Born in London, he was the son of the late Sir Torquil Alfonso Munro and Lady Munro. On March 6, 1954...
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DAVIS, SIDNEY E., 89, of Berlin, passed away on March 10, at Central Vermont Medical Center, following a serious stroke. He was born in Burlington in 1924, son of Valyda and Wight Davis. He was a graduate from Burlington High School in 1942 and gradu...
BENNETT, ELIN IRENE BARTON, 75, of Walhalla, S.C. and Wesley, Maine, the beloved wife of Charles H. Bennett of 35 years, went to be with the Lord on March 9, in a Bangor, Maine nursing facility. She had been incapacitated for 10 months following a st...
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BOYCE, ROBERT EARL, 89, of Williamstown, died March 9, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Born at the former Barre City Hospital on Nov. 20, 1924, he was the son of Earl and Mildred (Farr) Boyce, of Williamstown. He attended the Boyce School, jus...
SHANGRAW, DENNIS A. “DENNY,” 55, of Williamstown, lost his battle with melanoma on March 9. He passed peacefully at home with his family at his side. Denny lived his life the same way he fought cancer, with great courage, strength and dignity. He...
KENT, FRED, 77, of Montpelier, passed away on March 9, with his family by his side. Born in Italy, Fred lived in Rhode Island, Michigan and New York before moving to Vermont in 1968. For 10 years, he ran the lab for the state Water Resources Departme...
ANDREWS, NANCY B., 76, of Rochester, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on March 9, at her home. She was born January 15, 1938 in Rochester; the daughter of Leroy and Doris (Haire) Bowen. A lifetime resident of Rochester, she wa...
FREDETTE, EMILE Y. SR., 84, of Brookfield, died March 8, at Gifford Medical Center. He was born Aug. 16, 1929, in New Bedford, Mass., the son of Ernest and Aurelie Fredette. He was raised in New Bedford and had lived in Acushnet, Mass., until moving ...
DIX, DAYTON CHRISTOPHER, 47, of Lower Websterville, died unexpectedly March 8, at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. His family had been at his bedside. Born July 25, 1966, in the former Barre City Hospital, he was the son of Dennis L. and Bet...
WHITWORTH, BARBARA J., 91, of Waitsfield, passed away at Mayo Healthcare in Northfield on March 8. Born in Montpelier on Dec. 17, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Leon E. and Esther S. (Rickert) Joslyn. Barbara married Cletus Bruffey, who prede...
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TOWNE, CEDRIC “RICK” CHARLES, 95, of Clermont, Fla., passed away on March 8, at his home. He was born in Waterbury Center, to Daniel and Daisy (Brown) Towne. He retired from the US Army after twenty years of service and then became one of the fir...
RUIZ, JESUS IGNACIO, of Berlin, died of natural causes in his home on March 7. His ambition was to create happiness through good food, and he fulfilled this passion by cooking for family, friends and patrons of the Black Door and River Run restaurant...
HULL, MARIE C., 61, of Williamstown, passed away March 7, at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, from complications of the flu. Marie was surrounded by her loving family. Born in Barre on May 22, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Albert an...
LAVIN, ELEANOR E. "NONIE," 98, of Barre Town, died March 6, at Mayo Nursing Home in Northfield. Born Sept. 3, 1915, in Montpelier, she was the daughter of Robert and Edith (Mackie) Ewen and was a graduate of Montpelier High School in 1932. "Nonie" wi...
TASSIE, RALPH F., 67, passed away at home March 5, after a long illness. Ralph was born Aug. 14, 1946, in Hartford, Conn. At age 3, his family moved to Montpelier, after his father's sudden death. Ralph was predeceased by his three infants and his mo...
