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Claradella Betts

Claradella Betts

Jun 12, 2016

THETFORD CENTER __ Claradella (Snow) Betts, 94, passed away on June 12, 2016, at home in Thetford Center, Vermont while surrounded by loved ones.She was born October 14, 1921, in Barre, the daughter of Leon and Mattie Snow. She graduated from Spaulding High School in 1938 and University of Vermont in 1942.She married Charles Betts in Chelsea on September 4,...

Carl Godfrey

Carl Godfrey

Jun 5, 2016

Post Mills, VT- Carl Godfrey, 66, of West Fairlee, VT died on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born April 18, 1950 the son of Arthur and Clara Godfrey.He loved hunting, fishing, camping and his old cars. He was a United States Army veteran having served during the Vietnam War.Family was the...

Richard Carl Simon

Richard Carl Simon

May 29, 2016

Richard (Dick) Carl Simon, born in Brooklyn on August 21, 1925, raised in Delmar, NY, son of Maximillian R. Simon and Clara Deck, died peacefully on May 29, 2016 in White River Junction, VT, after a long illness. He attendedattended MIT until 1943 when he was drafted into the US Army, 397th Infantry, 100th Division. He fought in the Vosges...

Sylvia Lillian Rathburn

Sylvia Lillian Rathburn

May 25, 2016

SOUTH NEWBURY, VT - Sylvia Lillian Rathburn of South Newbury, Vt, passed away surrounded by her family at DHMC on the evening of May 25, 2016. Sylvia was born on October 5, 1937, in East Orange, Vt., the daughter of Earl and Irene (Clark) Eastman.Sylvia attended Bradford Academy before going to nursing school in Bennington, Vt. She worked as an...

Larry Bruce Thurston

Larry Bruce Thurston

May 9, 2016

Larry Bruce Thurston, 64, of White River Junction, Vermont passed away Monday, May 9th after several years of failing health. He was born in Lebanon, NH on November 18, 1951 to Pauline Thurston. When Pauline married Joe Mann, he raised Larry as if he was his own son, continuing to do so even after Pauline's death when he was 6...

Nicholas "Pickle" Berry

Nicholas "Pickle" Berry

May 8, 2016

Post Mills, VT- Nicholas "Pickle" Berry, 27, of Post Mills, VT died on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at his home after a long battle with cancer.He was born on February 13, 1989 the son of Tina Laber and Carl Berry. Nick was a son, a brother, a father, a husband and a friend; he is deeply loved and cherished and...

Patricia Bixby Mchugo

Patricia Bixby Mchugo

May 7, 2016

Patricia Bixby McHugo died on May 7, 2016 in Woodstock, VT of Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Barre, VT on January 5, 1924, the daughter of Gerald A. and Bertina Hooker Bixby. Pat had two sisters, Geraldine B. Averill of Barre, VT and Barbara B. Laing of Tucson, AZ.Pat graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre, VT in 1941...

Anne Guest Ameden

Anne Guest Ameden

May 3, 2016

Anne Guest Ameden of Fairlee, Vermont died on May 3, 2016 at Mertens House, Woodstock, Vermont according to her family. Anne was born in New Rochelle, New York on May 8, 1924 to Edwin H. and Katherine Twohey Guest. She spent her youth growing up in New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, New York, while summering on Lake Morey in Fairlee, Vermont....

Richard T Marquise

Richard T Marquise

May 2, 2016

Richard T. Marquise, 92, of Ryegate, Vermont passed away on May 2, 2016. He was born June 11, 1923 to Anthony and Rose Marquise in New York City. After graduating from George Washington High School at age 16, he received a Bachelor's Degree from Fordham University in New York at age 19. He enlisted in the US Army in February...

Thomas Loren Stanley

Thomas Loren Stanley

Apr 28, 2016

Bradford, VT- Thomas Loren Stanley passed away peacefully at his home in Bradford, on April 28, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. He has now joined God in peace.Thomas was born on May 1, 1933, the son of Wilbur and Irene Stanley. He was raised in Union Village with brothers, Jesse and Jerry and sister, Virginia.He is survived by his...

Bette Rogers

Bette Rogers

Apr 26, 2016

Bradford, VT- Bette Rogers, 81, of Bradford passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, NH surrounded by her family.She was wife to Ted Rogers for 41 years and mother and friend to her children, Kathryn Thurston of Newbury, VT., Nance Jewel-Durkee of Sharon, VT., Claude Moulton of Piermont, NH and Stanley Moulton of Florida, she...

Mary Louise Collier

Mary Louise Collier

Apr 24, 2016

Mary Louise (Campbell) Collier died in her sleep at the age of 82 on April 24th, 2016. She was born during an early winter snow storm on November 6, 1933 in her family home on World's End, Hingham, Massachusetts.Mary Louise spent most of her life in Hingham, with a lifelong focus on political activism in hopes of bringing peace to...

Herbert Carlos Verry

Herbert Carlos Verry

Apr 20, 2016

Orfordville, NH Herbert Carlos Verry passed away peacefully in his sleep, Wednesday April 20, 2016. He was 91. Herb was the second child of three born to Florence Proctor and Frank Verry in Hillsboro, NH on March 18, 1925. He was very proud of his hometown and loved to tell people about it. Graduating a year early from Hillsboro High,...

Elaine M. Hodge

Elaine M. Hodge

Apr 6, 2016

South Strafford, VT- Elaine M. (Stone) Hodge, 72, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family.She was born February 11, 1944 in Barre, VT, the daughter of Ernest and Helen (Manning) Stone. She attended school in a one room schoolhouse on Miller Pond Road, then at the Newton Elementary School, both in South Strafford, VT,...

Thomas Kelly Fitzpatrick

Thomas Kelly Fitzpatrick

Mar 31, 2016

Piermont, NH- Kelly Fitzpatrick, 87, a Permanent Deacon of the Catholic Church, died peacefully on Thursday evening March 31st. He was ordained a Deacon in 1989 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, in Baltimore, Maryland. Kelly first came to the Upper Valley area in 1955, when he was riding instructor at Kingswood Camp. He loved hiking in the mountains...

Henry Willis Estes

Henry Willis Estes

Mar 17, 2016

Post Mills, VT-Henry Willis "Pete" Estes, born January 29, 1930, son of William Oren and Hilda Henrietta (Hartson) Estes, died peacefully at his home in Post Mills, VT on March 17, 2016 following a lengthy illness. Following his graduation from Thetford Academy in 1948, Henry enlisted in the United States Air Force and became a communications specialist. During his service...

John Benjamin Gundy

John Benjamin Gundy

Mar 10, 2016

John Benjamin Gundy(7/4/1968 - 3/10/2016)"Call me Ben," read the sign above his head as he moved from life among us into the embrace of the Holy Spirit. Ben was a faithful believer and loyal member of the First Congregational Church of Westbrook, Connecticut, where he lived and worked among the people of the Connecticut shoreline. Educated by loving teachers in...

Verla P. Dimick

Verla P. Dimick

Mar 9, 2016

Lyme, NH-Verla P. Dimick, 89 , of Lyme Road died Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, NH. She was born May 23, 1926 in Lyme Center, NH the daughter of Forrest and Charlotte (Webb) Perkins. She attended Lyme schools and was a 1944 graduate of Hanover High School. Mrs. Dimick began her working career...

Fred A. Dodge

Fred A. Dodge

Mar 5, 2016

Haverhill, NH- Fred A. Dodge, 88, of Pine Park in Haverhill, NH went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, NH. Fred was born in Littleton, NH on May 5, 1927 the son of Earl and Bernice (Eager) Dodge. Fred helped his father on the farm on Slate Ledge...

Gary R. Ulman

Gary R. Ulman

Feb 23, 2016

Thetford, VT- Gary R. Ulman was a beloved husband, dedicated father, devoted grandfather, loyal friend, trusted neighbor, generous business owner, and extraordinary citizen. He passed away suddenly on February 23, 2016.Born in Newburgh, NY on September 7, 1940, Gary grew up in North Guilford, CT and graduated with the Class of 1958 from Guilford High School. Early in life, he...

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