Jerome Edward (Skip) Sargood, Jr.

Jerome Edward (Skip) Sargood, Jr. died suddenly at his home in Manchester on January 6, after a long, brave struggle with congestive heart failure. He was 68 years old. Born in Bennington, Skip grew up in Arlington and attended schools there. After graduating from Arlington Memorial High School he worked in the family business, Jerry’s Gulf. After the station was sold, Skip made his living in the fuel oil and construction fields until his illness made it impossible for him to work.

Skip Sargood was a bright, outgoing and modest human being whose many friends included people from all walks of life. His backwoods, Native Vermonters sense of humor was legendary. He loved to kid his friends and make fun of their foibles to their faces, but he was never unkind, and he had a professional comedien’s talent for making others laugh at themselves.

Skip was a highly skilled hunter who seldom failed to get his deer, and usually two, one in Vermont and the other in New York. He cherished the memories with his father Jerry, and they hunted and fished together with great joy and a common language, describing, for example, how a deer they were tracking would “tip down” into ”a hell of a slashin”.

Skip was a skier who enjoyed teaching that skill to the schoolkids in the JISP program at Bromley. He was an avid snowmoblier, and he played volleyball and softball in Manchester leagues.

Skip was an intensely loyal and loving husband to his wife Jackie, who survives him, along with his sister-in-law Mimi Brown, his sister Karen Cross (Ken), his niece Lynsie Stroffoleno, who he adored and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father Jerry, his mother Nancy, his brother-in-law Brooks Brown and his beloved nephew Sean Stephen Wood Cornell.

In lieu of flowers a donation may be made to the Manchester Rescue Squad. At Skip’s request, there will be no calling hours or a memorial service.