Juana Ortega
Sep 25, 2019
Juanita (Juana) Ortega 3/8/40-9/25/19 It was 13 years ago when I first met Juanita (Juana) Ortega upon moving to Worcester Vermont. On crisp fall days, you could hear Juanas beloved dogs barking from across the river, followed by a raspy voice with a distinct New York accent, bellowing for them to quiet down. The kids would yell, "Hi Juana!", and...
William Bill Shannon
Sep 23, 2019
William "Bill" Shannon died in the early morning hours of Monday, September 23rd 2019. He had recently moved to The Arbors in Shelburne from his son Terences home in Montpelier after a long struggle with dementia. He leaves behind seven children and one sister. Born on June 12, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY to John and Margaret (Sheehan) Shannon, Bill was...
Beverly Monley
Sep 23, 2019
Beverly Jean Hyacinth Joanne Agnes McNally Monley at the age of 89 hitched a ride on the moon and passed from this life onto the next at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Peg and Jyles. Beverly loved many things; being a mom to her ten children, marveling at the clouds in the sky, cooking for a houseful of...
William Bill Brown
Sep 22, 2019
William "Bill" Brown died on Sunday, September 22nd at Darthmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center of natural causes. He was born on March 15th, 1941 in Colchester, VT to Wilbur Brown and Katherine Margaret (Moulton) Brown. He attended Roxbury School and spent many years working in the granite industry as well as serving in the Army National Guard. He married Ramona (McQueen) Brown...
Wallace Mac Macdonald
Sep 7, 2019
Wallace "Mac" H. MacDonald, of Montpelier passed away September 7, 2019 after a short illness. He was born November 2, 1928 on the family farm in Charleston, VT and grew up there surrounded by a large and loving extended family. This family network was an integral part of his life as his father, Wallace, passed away prior to his birth....
Sandra Jean Newcity
Aug 28, 2019
Berlin, VT Sandra J. Newcity, 71, of Dog River road died unexpectedly and after a brief illness on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, VT. Sandy was born on June 30, 1948, in Northfield, VT, the daughter Chester and Luna Gushea. She graduated from Northfield High School in 1966. In 1967, Sandy married Robert Newcity...
Frieda M O'Neill
Aug 23, 2019
Windsor, VT Frieda O'Neill died Friday, August 23rd at the age of 96 at the Mt. Ascutney Hospice Unit in Windsor, Vermont. She was surrounded by family, friends, and well wishers. Frieda was born June 1, 1923 in Duquoin Illinois. She was the youngest of Conrad and Elsa Miller's seven children. Her family later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where...
Laurie W. Labarthe
Aug 21, 2019
Laurie Walker Labarthe passed away peacefully in her sleep on Aug. 17, 2019, in East Montpelier. She was born Robert Walker Labarthe on Aug. 7, 1941, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the second son of Mary (Walker) and Jules Labarthe. He graduated from Aspinall High School in Pittsburgh in 1959, then attended Cornel University in Ithaca, New York. Robert served in the...
Jeannette Willett
Aug 20, 2019
Jeannette Barbara (Irish) Willett, 87, of Las Vegas, Nevada passed on the morning of August 20th with her family at her side at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, VT. Jeannette was one of four siblings born July 11, 1932 to Raymond Irish and Zoe (Smith) Irish in Duxbury, Vermont. She attended schools in Moretown. She then worked in a...
Richard C. Richie Martin
Aug 18, 2019
East Montpelier, VT Richard "Richie" Craig Martin died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, August 18, 2019. He had been living with cancer for several months. Richard was born in Burlington, VT one of the four sons of Harold Martin and Doris (Curtis) Martin. He graduated from Montpelier High School in 1969. He was known for his extraordinary creativity, which...
Donald Ibey
Aug 15, 2019
Donald R. Ibey of Barre, VT passed away at Heaton Woods in the early morning of August 15, 2019 at age 90. Donald was born in Calais, VT on December 17, 1928, to Delbert and Edith (Trombly) Ibey. He grew up on the family farm, the youngest of 9 brothers and sisters, and began working at a very early age....
Richard Rick Purchase
Aug 14, 2019
A. Richard "Rick" Purchase, 75, of Calais, Vermont, passed away on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 surrounded by his family at the UVM Medical Center following a sudden and acute illness. Born in Washington D.C. on February 29th 1944 to Albert Richard and Marian (Duke) Purchase, he was the eldest of two sons and grew up in Montpelier, Vt. He was...
Thomas Abbiati
Aug 12, 2019
Plainfield, VT Thomas Abbiati, 58, passed away August 12, 2019 with his loving family at his side. Born on December 31, 1960 to Stuart Milne and Georgianne [Sylvester] Abbiati, Tom graduated from Montpelier High School in 1979 and Paul Smiths College in 1981. Tom had many interests throughout his life, but at the core of his well-lived life were his...
Andrew Boner
Aug 9, 2019
Andrew Case Boner, 57, died Friday, August 9, 2019, peacefully at home, in his wifes arms, with his loving family by his side. Son of J Russell Boner and Darryl Anne Alkire Boner, Andrew was born September 18, 1961, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At age three, his father moved the family of five by way of the ocean liner, Queen Mary,...
Ernest Parrish
Aug 2, 2019
Ernest C. Parrish, 44, of Adamant Road passed away on August 2nd at Mass General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. He was surrounded by family during his final minutes and months. Born, December 12, 1974 in Bethesda, Maryland, he was a curious and creative child wth many talents. He loved the water and growing up on the ocean....
Elden Brown
Jul 30, 2019
Worcester, VT Elden A.Brown, 93 of Worcester passed away on July 30, 2019 at the Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vermont. Elden was born in Montpelier, Vermont on September 10, 1925, the son of Ruth J. (Brown) and Lynn I. Brown. Elden attended grade school in Worcester and Montpelier High school. Elden was a veteran of World War II in...
Charles Edward Charlie Wiley
Jul 28, 2019
Charles (Charlie) Edward Wiley died on Sunday July 28, 2019 at Westview Meadows in Montpelier, VT at the age of 89, just shy of his 90th birthday. Charlie was born in Rutland, VT on September 19, 1929 to Clarence and Celia (Ritchie) Wiley. His youth was spent living between Porter St. in Rutland, on the flats in the North Clarendon,...
Sheldon Hobert Miller
Jul 25, 2019
Sheldon H. Miller born June 2, 1926, the son of Webster and Eleanora Mills Miller, died July 25th, 2019 at The Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. He is survived by three sons: Steven and wife Becky, Ricker and wife Lisa, and Kenneth and partner Kathy Price; and grandson Colby and wife Mimi. Shelly married Sybil Dodge on November 13,...
Harold Paige Mike Shea
Jul 22, 2019
Montpelier, Vermont Harold Paige Shea, known as "Mike," decided to leave us on Monday, July 22nd, after a well-lived 92 years. He put up with Alzheimers in his last years, but he had a very good run. Mike was both highly accomplished and very kind, two traits that dont always go together. As a fifth generation Vermonter, he appreciated the...
Timothy John Carver
Jul 21, 2019
EAST MONTPELIER Timothy John Carver, 75, died Sunday, July 21, at home surrounded by family after a struggle with Alzheimers disease. Tim was born on June 29, 1944, in Burlington to Robert and Frances (Emmons) Carver, the second of ten children. He grew up in Burlington, learning carpentry by helping his grandfather build an addition on the house to accommodate...
