Norma Lawrence
Apr 27, 2015
Barre Town, VT Norma Lawrence passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015. She was born on December 27, 1922 in Duxbury, VT, the daughter of Nancy Davis and step-daughter of Roy Davis of Jonesville, VT. She married Harold Currier, now deceased, of Vergennes, VT in June of 1940. She married Matthew Lawrence from Richmond, VT on May 9, 1951. Norma...
Francis R. Herring
Apr 25, 2015
Francis R. "Dick, Herring, 76, of VT Route 12 in Berlin died Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Central Vermont Hospital. He was born on December 5, 1938 in Montpelier the son of Francis W. and Gladys (Weston) Herring. Dick attended Riverton Elementary School and Montpelier High School while working a Milk route and working on the Herring Family Farm. Following...
Glenn R. Tosi
Apr 25, 2015
Montpelier Glenn R. Tosi, 67, of Montpelier, VT died unexpectedly at Dartmouth Hitchcock on April 25, 2015. Born on December 27, 1947 in Barre, VT, he was the son of Micheline (Masson) Lyons and Elmo Tosi. He attended Montpelier High School and was in the graduating class of 1965. He went on to graduate from UVM in 1971 with a...
Henry T. Benway
Apr 24, 2015
Henry Toussaint Benway, 67, passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Friday, April 24th after a short stay at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, VT. He was born in Plattsburg, NY on June 22nd, 1947; the first of five children to Henry T and Grace Soucy Benway. He attended Mt. Assumption Institute in Plattsburg and went on...
Bradley H. Raymond
Apr 24, 2015
Montpelier, VT Bradley H. Raymond, 69, of Bailey Ave, died unexpectedly on Friday, April 24, 2015 at his home. He was born in Montpelier, VT on May 29, 1945, the son of George Lewis and Norma (Harvey) Raymond. He graduated from Montpelier High School in 1962. While there he played on the varsity baseball and basketball teams. He later attended...
George D. Coach Brown
Apr 19, 2015
Montpelier, VT George "Coach" Brown, 93, passed away April 19, 2015. He was born in White Plains, NY on April 11, 1922 to George M. Brown and Ethel Drennan Brown. "Coach" grew up in Scarsdale, NY, attended Temple University then enlisted in the Army Air Force during WWII. After the war, he finished his education at Syracuse University where he...
Yaeko S. Umemura
Apr 19, 2015
Yaeko (Jackie) S. Umemura died peacefully Sunday, April 19 in the hospital. Her parents, Yoshihei and Koto Shijo brought her into the world on August 8, the Year Of The Sheep, in Sacramento, CA. She is the last of the Shijos. During her 83 years she was in Heart Mountain, Wyoming Japanese Internment Camp during WW II, graduated from Central...
Lois M. Toby
Apr 16, 2015
Lois M. Toby, 88, died April 16, 2015 at her home. She was born on November 29, 1926 at Heaton Hospital in Montpelier, the daughter of Earl A. and Nettie (Shuttle) Slayton. Lois was brought up on the family farm in East Montpelier. She graduated from the Adamant School, and then from Montpelier High School in 1946. Lois lived most...
Conception J. Conti
Apr 14, 2015
Conception (Conjie/Connie) Joseph Conti, 93, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. Connie was born in Upper Graniteville on October 3, 1921, in the family home. He was the fourth of nine children born to Andrea and Loretta Conti who had immigrated from Lettomanoppello, Italy. He attended the Websterville School before serving...
Ann Gray Aldrich
Apr 8, 2015
Montpelier, VT Ann Gray Aldrich passed peacefully into the arms of our Lord on April 8, 2015. Ann was born Ann Lyon Gray on February 18, 1930 in Orleans, VT and was a 1948 graduate of Orleans High School. Upon graduation, she attended both the University of Vermont and Becker College in Worchester, MA, before taking a job as a...
Mary Jane Manahan
Apr 8, 2015
Montpelier, VT Mary Jane ("MJ") Manahan of Montpelier, who directed children's services for a generation at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, died Wednesday, April 8, at Central Vermont Medical Center. She was 61. During her tenure at the library from 1993 to 2008, she was instrumental in every phase of a major construction project that transformed the children's library. The "Children's Room"...
Lawrence W. Pratt
Apr 7, 2015
N. Hero, VT Lawrence W. Pratt, 83, of N. Hero and formerly of Montpelier died on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the University of Vermont Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born on July 14, 1931 in Montpelier, the son of Wayne S. and Freda (Silloway) Pratt. He graduated from Montpelier High School in 1950 and received an...
Paul Francis Cleary
Apr 4, 2015
Lexington, MA Paul Francis Cleary, 87, of Concord, MA died Saturday April 4, 2015 in Concord. He was the beloved husband of 51 years of the late Patricia (Redmond) Cleary, who died in 2005. Born in Bostons South End on March 10, 1928 he was the son of the late James and Helen (Barrett) Cleary. He graduated from Cathedral High...
Salvatore Joseph Lucenti
Apr 4, 2015
Montpelier Salvatore Joseph Lucenti, 95, of Greenfield Terrace, died on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at his home surrounded by his wife of 72 years and his loving family. Sal was born in New York City, the son of Emanuele and Carmela (Montes) Lucenti. As an infant, his family returned to their homeland in Ragusa, Sicily. They immigrated back to New...
Helen F. Keating
Apr 4, 2015
Montpelier, VT Helen Bride Keating was born September 27, 1920 in Bristol, CT to Michael and Anne (Hynds) Bride, Helen was the eldest of six children. All but her youngest sibling, Joseph of Enfield CT, predeceased her. Adventurous of spirit and full of life, she took up downhill skiing, horseback riding and flying lessons in her youth, pushing 1930's gender...
Cecelia Minnie Duquette
Mar 28, 2015
South Ryegate, VT Cecelia M. Duquette (Baldwin/Wheeler), 79, of Ryegate, VT passed away on March 28, 2015 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center as a result of deteriorating health and a severe stroke. She had been in poor health due to issues with Parkinson's disease. Born on April 24, 1935, in Montpelier, she was the daughter of Cecil and Christina...
Maureen A. Leno
Mar 28, 2015
Calais, VT Maureen A. Leno, 70, of Bliss Pond Road passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Berlin Health & Rehab Center. Maureen was born on November 29, 1944, in Waterbury, VT, the daughter of the late William P. and Freda (Boyce) Quinn. She attended the Bradford Academy and graduated in the class of 1962. She worked primarily...
Leslie Ann Williams
Mar 27, 2015
Calais,VT Leslie Ann Bingham Williams passed away on March 27, 2015, surrounded by her large and loving family. Born in Chicago in 1935, Leslie attended the Bronx High School of Science in Bronx, NY. She graduated in 1956 from Antioch College, where she edited the college newspaper, and later obtained an MFA in Writing from Vermont College. Leslie was an...
Ronald J. Gascon
Mar 27, 2015
Ronald J. Gascon, 74, of Freedom Drive in Montpelier, died on Friday, March 27, 2015 at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. He was born on January 22, 1941 in Portland, OR, to Joseph and Dorothy (Stice) Gascon. He attended schools in Oregon and at the age of 17 enlisted into the United States Navy. During his career, he...
Louise H. Bashaw
Mar 20, 2015
Williamstown, VT Louise H. (Bean) Bashaw, born June 24, 1918, in Lancaster, N.H. the daughter of the late Herbert and Harriette (Walker) Bean; died suddenly on March 20, 2015. She spent her youth in Cabot and graduated from Cabot High School in 1936. Mrs. Bashaw was married on May 14, 1943 to Everett Bashaw, by the Reverend E. Leroy Rice...
