Frederic Rice Sistare Ii

Frederic Rice Sistare II of Wilmington, Vermont died at age 92 on February 21, 2019. He came to Dartmouth in the Naval program in the summer of 1944 out of Technical High School in Springfield, MA. [two other classmates -followed that same path - Mort Morrison and Jim Prew]. When the V-5 program was suspended in 1945; he transferred into the NROTC program and had a term at Cornell University. That was followed by boot camp and a tour of duty at the Oakland Naval Air Station. Back to Dartmouth in the fall of 1946 and graduated in September of 1947. He attended 7 Class Reunions and the great V-12 Reunion in 1993 and attended his 70th college reunion in 2018. He was his Class of 1947 Newsletter Editor for many years. In the years following graduation, he worked at the home Office of Mass Mutual Insurance Company in the Agency Department for 22 years, rising to assistant Director of Agency Costs, before leaving to join their prominent Agency Office in Houston, Texas as an Assistant General Agent. During his stay of about 4 years, he contributed much and accomplished a great deal; including a CLU degree in 1973. He returned to New England to start up a do it yourself picture framing business, The Frame Factory, became very successful and led to his expansion of the operation in New England, with opening of 14 new frame shops. Moving to - Vermont 1984 (he and Liz married in 1986, and were married for 33 years). He loved skiing, gardening, building stone walls, cutting trees down, and at Christmas, singing and acting. He was very much involved with the Dover History Society and Museum, holding the offices of President and Trustee for many years. He leaves his wife Elizabeth and his three children, Deborah, Paul and David by a former marriage and also a daughter Pamela, who predeceased him in 1999, 2 grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Tristan Sistare and nieces and nephews. A mass of Christian death and burial will be celebrated Saturday March 2, 2019 at 11am at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington. Interment will be held later in the spring. There are no visiting hours. If friends desire, memorial gifts in Frederic's memory may be made to the Dover History Society and Museum or Breast Cancer Awareness, c/o Covey-Allen & Shea Funeral Home P.O. Box 215 Wilmington, VT 05363. A mass of Christian death and burial will be celebrated Saturday March 2, 2019 at 11am at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington. Interment will be held later in the spring. There are no visiting hours.