Elizabeth Persis (Slade) Prouty

Elizabeth Persis (Slade) Prouty, a youthful 93, and a resident of North Street, passed away on Thursday morning April 28 2022 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center following a brief illness. Elizabeth was born in East Jamaica on January 1,1929; she was the eldest of the children of Chester and Bertha (Sage) Slade. Growing up in the Jamaica area, she attended local schools and graduated from Leland and Gray Seminary (now High School) in Townshend. In earlier years she worked for Holstein Friesian Cattle Registration in Brattleboro. Following her marriage to Harold Prouty on March 23, 1951 in Peru, she devoted her life to raising their three children. They had celebrated 70 wonderful years together before he passed away on November 2, 2021. Elizabeth had many hobbies and interests including gardening, both vegetable and flower, designing and sewing quilts and teddy bears, collecting teddy bears, stamps and sewing machines, going on Sunday family rides, attending her grandsons’ baseball games, shopping at tag sales and loving her cats. However most of all, she cherished time with her family. She leaves her son Bruce Prouty of Bennington, daughter Janice Rowe (Stanley) of Florida, sisters-in-law Ruth Slade and Clara Robinson, five grandsons, four great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, her loyal friends Tracy Barret, Noëlla Boisvert and Connie Radziejewski. She was predeceased by her husband Harold of 70 years, her parents Chester and Bertha (Sage) Slade, her daughter and son-in-law Jeanne and Timothy Flynn and her younger siblings Chester Slade, Flora Lowe and Alfred Slade. At the request of the family, there are no formal funeral services scheduled at this time, and burial will take place later at the family’s convenience. If friends desire, memorial gifts in Elizabeth’s memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice in care of Hanson Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home, P.O. Box 957, Bennington, VT 05201. To send personal condolences please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. The family extends special thanks and appreciation to Elizabeth’s caregivers, Dr. Avery Wood, Marlinda Johnson RN, Dr. William Tock and the West Wing nursing staff at SVMC.