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Timothy John Hanrahan
Aug 20, 2020
Timothy John Hanrahan 77 passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 20 , 2020 at his home in Manchester Center, Vermont. Timothy was born December 24, 1942 to William Hanrahan and Mary (Pennessi) Hanrahan in Mount Kisco, New York. Timothy served in the U.S. Army during The Vietnam War. He was Honorably discharged December 31, 1969. He became a member...
Bonnie Mae Weigel Franklin
Aug 18, 2020
Bonnie Franklin of Manchester, Vermont, died peacefully in her home on August 18, 2020. Bonnie was born in Newark, New Jersey, on January 19, 1945 to Winifred Doris Hunt and Ernest Otto Weigel. After Highschool she entered All Souls Hospital School of Nursing from where she graduated in 1969. After attending St. Josephs College in Maine, she found work...
Roberta E. Rafus
Aug 18, 2020
Mrs. Roberta E. Rafus 89 a former resident of Wilmington passed away peacefully at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington on Tuesday August 18, 2020. For the past several years she had resided in New York State most recently in Cambridge and Hoosick Falls. The daughter of James and Ethel (McKnight) McFarlane, she was born in Berlin, New...
Veronica Mcdermott Tinkham
Aug 16, 2020
Veronica McDermott Tinkham, 79, of Dry Brook Rd, passed away August 16, 2020 at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington. Veronica was born on November 18, 1940 to James A. and Evelyn P. (Sallisky) McDermott in Hoosick Falls NY. She attended local Arlington schools and Arlington Memorial High School. In 1958 she married Roy Douglas and they...
Susan A Miller
Aug 15, 2020
Susan A Miller, 82, was a longtime resident of Bottum Brook on Laclair Road. Susan passed away Saturday, August 15th at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Susan was married to Joseph Miller who died March of 1993. She is survived by her beloved brother William Miles and her two nieces Alia and Sarah. And also her gentle...
Shelby A Cotham
Aug 11, 2020
Shelby A. Cotham, 32, a resident of Manchester, passed away August 11, 2020 at Glens Falls, NY Hospital. Shelby was born in Bennington, on November 19, 1987 the daughter of Mark and Jacqualyn Metcalfe Cotham. She attended Arlington schools and Arlington Memorial High School. Shelby worked as a server and bartender for Mulligans Restaurant in Manchester for many years....
Victor Acebo
Aug 9, 2020
Our father, Victor Acebo, a life long resident of Barre, passed away August 9, 2020, just 15 days short of his 96th birthday at the Vermont Veteran’s Home in Bennington, VT. Dad was the sixth of nine children born to Fermin Acebo Casar and Elvira Lastra Gomez who emigrated from Mirones, Cantabria, Spain and raised nine children on River...
Dr. Marijo L Russell O'Grady, Ph.D
Aug 8, 2020
Dr. Marijo L Russell O'Grady, Ph.D. of Sherman, N.Y., Manhattan and Vermont Born December 31, 1960 In Chautauqua County N.Y. and passed away after a (short/long) battle with a reoccurrence of breast cancer. Marijo had no regrets and lead a full and engaged life, she is remembered by all who encountered her. She is a graduate of Class of...
Robert William Fenz
Aug 8, 2020
On August 8, 2020 the life and career of world-renowned lyrical filmmaker, intellectual and humanist, and devoted family member and friend, Robert William Fenz, was cut tragically short. Fenz was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 21, 1969. His mother, Karin, grew up in Norway, and his father, Emanuel, in Italy. The youngest of five children, after Erik,...
Frances R. Boyd
Aug 6, 2020
Frances R. Boyd, 86, a resident of Main Street, passed away August 6, 2020 at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Frances was born in West Brattleboro, VT on August 4, 1934 the daughter of the late Harvey and Esther Stark Carrier. She attended grade school in Brattleboro and graduated from Whitingham High School in 1953. Frances worked as a seamstress for...
Louise Ann Beaupre
Aug 6, 2020
Louise Ann Beaupre died Thursday, August 6, 2020 at the Rutland Regional Medical Center. She was 85. Louise was born June 23, 1935 in Worcester, Massachusetts to James Patrick Kennedy and Cecile Angela (Surprenant) Kennedy. The Kennedy family lived on Gardner Street in Southbridge and spent summers on Lake Alum, a place Louise loved. She graduated from Mary Wells...
Robert Bruce Grinold
Aug 5, 2020
Robert B. Grinold, 80, a resident of Ray Hill Road, passed away Wednesday August 5, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Robert was born in Hartford, CT on February 28, 1940 the son of the late Raymond and Cleo Costello Grinold. He attended West Hartford schools, graduating from Conard High School in 1958 earning his Bachelor Degree...
Robert Chester Beattie
Aug 5, 2020
Robert Chester Beattie, 104, a resident of Peru, and the last of 17 children, passed away August 5, 2020 at The Village at White River Junction, VT. He was born in Manchester, VT on June 26, 1916 the son of the late William and Lottie Bell Beattie and attended local schools. He married Evelyn Copp in 1928 and lived...
Robert Adams Goodfellow
Aug 2, 2020
Robert Adams Goodfellow of Manchester, Vermont died at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington on August 2, 2020. He was 93 years old. Robert was born in 1927 to Robert Alexander Goodfellow and Harriet Adams Goodfellow at his grandparents’ home in Norwich, CT. He graduated from high school in Chatham, N.J. in 1945 and enlisted in the U.S. Naval...
Travis M Winchell
Aug 1, 2020
Travis M. Winchell, 26, a resident of Kenney Farm Road, in Sunderland VT passed away unexpectedly on August 1, 2020, at Albany Medical Center. Travis was born in Bennington on November 11, 1993, the son of Dennis and Rebecca Morse Winchell. Travis attended Sunderland schools, Manchester Elementary and Middle School, and graduated from Arlington Memorial High. Travis was currently...
Rita E. Butler
Jul 30, 2020
Rita E. Butler 91 a former resident of North Bennington and Caribou , Maine passed away peacefully on Thursday July 30, 2020 at Rivers Edge Community Care Home in Bennington. Rita was one of 14 children born to Cyrus and Temperence (Green) Davenport, she was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine on January 22, 1929. She grew up in Fort...
Mark D. Neil
Jul 30, 2020
Mark D. Neil, 58, a resident of Silver Springs Lane, Manchester Center, VT, passed away unexpectedly on July 30th, 2020. Mark was born in Glens Falls, NY on February 14, 1962, the son of Elizabeth Neil of Salem, NY. He attended Salem Washington Academy and was enlisted in the Army National Guard after his schooling. Mark was a longtime...
Barbara Jo Riley
Jul 29, 2020
Barbara Jo Riley, 79, a former resident of Dorset, VT and New York, passed away July 29, 2020 at her home in West Stockbridge, MA. Barbara was born in North Kansas City, Missouri on January 1, 1941, one of three daughters of the late Edwin and Gladys (Hash) Riley. She attended local schools, and received an honorary degree from...
Joan E. Dayton
Jul 25, 2020
Joan E. Dayton, 72, a resident of Williams Street, Londonderry, VT., passed away July 25, 2020 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Joan was born in Rutland, VT on June 30, 1948 the daughter of the late Clarence and Rose Barone Dayton. Joan attended schools in Rutland and graduated from Leland & Grey High School...
Mary L Rogers
Jul 24, 2020
Mary L. Rogers, 67, a resident of Hidden Valley Road, passed away July 24, 2020 at her home. Mary was born in Pittsfield, VT on December 13, 1952 the daughter of the late Gordon and Marjorie Stone Merrill and attended local schools. Mary worked as a medical transcriptionist at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and many area doctors’ offices. Mary...
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