Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Southern Vermont
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Southern Vermont area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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Linda Parker Bovey
Dec 31, 2015
Linda Parker Bovey, of Manchester, Vermont passed quietly and peacefully on December 31, 2015. Daughter of Ralph and Barbara Parker and sister to Louise Wyman, Sandra Frost, Hank Parker and Marilyn Parker. The family enjoyed many years of life on Bromley Farm in Peru, Vermont. Linda was blessed with a childhood experienced by few. Linda worked as a server...
William Melhado
Dec 30, 2015
William Anderson Melhado passed away on December 30, 2015 after a long and loving life and having fought a determined battle against heart disease for many years. Bill was born in Schenectady September 12, 1929, the son of Edmund and Martha Hawley Melhado. He graduated from the Albany Academy in 1947, and Yale University with a degree in Engineering...
Vivian Keus
Dec 27, 2015
Vivian Keus, 71, a resident of Barbs Way, passed away Sunday December 27, 2015 at her home. Vivian was born in Greenwich, NY on July 21, 1944 the daughter of Edwin Francis and Helen Frances (Cole) Bennett and attended local schools. Vivian worked for Stanley Tools for over thirty years. She enjoyed listening to country music, exercising and cherished...
Joan Morse
Dec 17, 2015
Joan E. Morse, 70 a resident of North Road passed away Thursday December 17, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. Joan was born in Hartford, CT on February 11, 1945 the daughter of John and Lois (Tischofer) Kennedy. She received her early education in Hartford, CT and upon moving to Vermont graduated from Bennington High School. Joan...
William Spencer
Dec 16, 2015
William Dent Spencer, 72, formerly of Greenfield died December 16, 2015 at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington VT. Bill was born August 31, 1943 in Waltham MA son of Marguerite Dent Spencer deceased and Andrew Spencer also deceased. He was a US Army veteran and a graduate of the University of Hartford where he majored in economics. While...
George Jones
Dec 16, 2015
George Shepard Jones, a resident of Shaftsbury Hollow, and son of Francis 'Shep' and Margaret (Peggy) Dodd Jones, passed away peacefully December 16, 2015 following a 4-1/2 year battle with brain cancer.He was born October 5th 1958 in the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany, and thoroughly enjoyed growing up as a Military Brat in many places around the...
Frank Furtado
Dec 15, 2015
Frank Harold Furtado passed away on December 15, 2015, after a brief illness and a good, long life. He leaves behind his wife Deirdre (Gavigan) Furtado of Manchester Center; his only daughter, Carmel Furtado of Dorset; his godson, Drew Alexis of Long Beach, CA; and his favorite dog, Jujubee.Frank's family immigrated from the Azores to Bermuda, where Frank was...
Gene "Hank" C. Davis
Dec 11, 2015
Gene "Hank" C. Davis, 87, a resident of Route 9, passed away Friday December 11, 2015 at his home. Hank was born in Wilmington on July 4, 1928 the son of the late Lawrence and Annette (Howard) Davis and attended local schools. Gene enlisted in the United States Army and served his country during the Korean Conflict. Upon his...
John A. Pless, Jr
Dec 7, 2015
John A. Pless, Jr, a resident of Mending Walls Road, passed away unexpectedly Monday December 7, 2015. John was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 10, 1930 - the son of the late John Anton Pless and Madeline (Sichel). He attended local schools and graduated from The University in Enschede, Netherlands. John was a science teacher for many years....
Dave Pinder
Dec 4, 2015
On Friday, December 4, 2015, Dave (John David) Pinder unexpectedly left this Earth. A devoted husband, terrific father, and much loved member of his community, Dave was born in Lachine, Quebec on February 1, 1959. He was the son of John Alan Pinder (deceased) and Cecile Pinder-Schneider currently of Londonderry, NH.Dave grew up in Londonderry, NH where he developed...
Helen Judge
Dec 3, 2015
Helen Louise Judge, a resident of Manchester Center, died suddenly on December 3rd. Helen was born in Wilkes Barre, PA on February 6, 1944, the oldest child of John Smith and Helen (Bieniek). She received her education in Pennsylvania and in New York City. She graduated as a Registered Nurse from Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing in 1965. She...
Beverley Williams
Dec 1, 2015
Beverley Williams, 82, passed away peacefully on December 1, 2015, in Norwich from complications with Alzheimer's and congestive heart failure. She was born in March 1933 in Norwich, the daughter of Andrew and Helen (Allen) Thorburn. She attended a one-room schoolhouse on New Boston Road through 7th grade, spent 8th grade at Norwich Elementary, and then graduated from Hanover...
Mildred Powers
Nov 30, 2015
Mildred Powers, 98, passed away on November 30, 2015 at Mountain View Center in Rutland, VT.Millie attended Danby schools and graduated from Wallingford High School in 1934. She attended hairdressing school in Albany, NY for two years and operated her own beauty shop in Danby for a short time. She also was a talented seamstress. She was a member...
Kellie Stratton
Nov 29, 2015
Kellie L. Stratton, 52 a lifelong resident of Bennington passed away peacefully Sunday November 29, 2015 at the Albany NY) Medical Center. Kellie was born in Bennington on May 25, 1963, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Gracie (Holman) Stratton Sr. Kellie grew up in Bennington and was a 1981 graduate of Mt. Anthony Union High...
Norma Stevens
Nov 29, 2015
Norma A. Gray Stevens, 90 a former longtime resident of Bennington passed away peacefully on Sunday November 29, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama. The daughter of Archie R. and Lucille (Barker) Gray, she was born in Sutton on September 21, 1925. She grew up in Sutton where she attended local schools and married Wallace Stevens on June 20, 1945. They...
Floyd Eastman
Nov 28, 2015
Floyd Eastman, age 107, passed away on November 28, 2015 at The Orchards Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre in North Granville, NY. Floyd was born at home during a blizzard on February 6, 1908 in Dorset, Vt., the son of Charles B. and Cassie (Stone) Eastman. He was the eldest and longest surviving of six children. He was predeceased by...
Jane Green
Nov 26, 2015
Jane H. Green, formerly of the Fields in Manchester, passed away November 26, 2015 at Rutland Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Jane was born in Dorset on November 1, 1930 the daughter of John M. and Gertrude Ruth (Landfear) Baker and attended local schools. Jane was an assembly worker for many years. She enjoyed playing bingo, listening to country...
Betty Wolf
Nov 26, 2015
Betty Wolf, of Wilmington, died on Thursday, November 26, 2015, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center at the age of 88. She was fortunate to live a healthy life up until the month of her death. Over the six and a half decades that she lived in Wilmington, she grew to personify the Yankee spirit of independence and determination....
Cecelia Johnson
Nov 25, 2015
A true Vermonter, Cecelia Katherine Bell was born on 22 March 1920 in her family's home on Dillingham Avenue in Manchester Village. Her mother, Rebecca Jane McBride, grew up in Dorset, VT; her family were Irish immigrants who worked hard in the marble quarries of the area. Cecelia's father, Chester Arthur Bell, grew up in Keeseville, New York near...
Robert Bernstein
Nov 24, 2015
Robert L. Bernstein, 88 a former resident of Orchard Road in Bennington, and more recently of Village at Fillmore Pond, passed away peacefully on Tuesday November 24, 2015 after a period of declining health. The son of Charles and Frances Cohen Bernstein, he was born in Bangor, Maine on June 11, 1927. He graduated from The University of Maine...
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