Montpelier, VT Rolland Dagenais, 92, resident of Heaton Woods, Montpelier, VT, died on May 24, 2018, at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. He was born in Marionville, Ontario, the son of Joseph Dagenais and Alice Marion, in 1926. He married Bernadette (Benoit) in 1946. He was a successful dairy farmer who could fix any piece of machinery and, upon retirement from farming, was a foreman at an industrial plant. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, his sister Rejeanne, and five children: Andre (Susan); Dianne (Richard) Bilodeau; Claudette (Kenneth) Potter; Lina Smith and Bernard; nine grandchildren, Aaron and Elizabeth Potter, Beau (Ashley) Dagenais, Jonathan and Elena Bilodeau, Kendra and Alden Smith, Dylan and Katrina Dagenais; two great grandchildren Owen and Penelope Dagenais and many nieces and nephews. He was a quiet, determined and resilient man, part of a robust French Canadian community that enjoyed many 500 card games, in the Vergennes and Middlebury area, and longtime parishioner of St. Marys Church in Middlebury. The family expresses its thanks for the care given by the conscientious staffs of Heaton Woods and Central Vermont Medical Center. A mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Waterbury on May 29 at noon, with a lunch to follow. Guare & Sons Funeral Home www.guareandsons.com is handling the arrangements. Donations in lieu of flowers will be made to the Central Vermont Medical Center Palliative and Spiritual Care Unit; 130 Fisher Road, Berlin, VT 05641.