Ruth Davis
Mar 9, 2017
Ruth L. Davis, 86, a resident of Wilmington, passed away March 9, 2017 at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Ruth was born in Marlboro, VT on January 20, 1931 the daughter of the late Bertram and Marion (Poole) Akley. She received her education in Wilmington schools, graduating from Wilmington High School. In her earlier years, Ruth worked as a housekeeper for...
Roger Webster
Mar 5, 2017
Roger F. Webster 74, was peacefully called into the arms of Jesus on Sunday March 5, 2017 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center following a brief battle with brain cancer, his family at his side. A resident of Sycamoore Lane, Roger was born April 5,1942 at Gotham Hospital in Manhattan, NY, he was the son of Frank and Margaret (Muniz)...
Harold (Sonny) Whitney
Mar 5, 2017
Harold Franklin (Sonny) Whitney, 87, a resident of Higley Hill Road, passed away March 5, 2017 at Pine Heights in Brattleboro. Sonny was born in Dorset, VT on September 4, 1929 the son of Harold Frank and Alice (Snow) Whitney and attended local schools. Sonny worked on the family farm and Miller Farm in Vernon. For a short time...
C. Larry Collingwood
Mar 2, 2017
Charles Lawrence Collingwood II "Larry", 76, a resident of Our House in Rutland and formerly of East Dorset, passed away March 2, 2017. He was born in Natrona Heights PA Dec. 22, 1940, the son of Charles Lawrence Collingwood and Myrtle E. (Bash) Collingwood. Larry spent his childhood in Shanksville, PA with his brother Bill and his sister, Sally....
Clyde Prouty
Feb 24, 2017
Clyde Richard Prouty, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on February 24th, 2017, with family and close friends at his side. Born October 13, 1931, to Benjamin and Etta (Jefts) Prouty, Clyde was the ninth of their 10 children including: Theodore, Raymond, Norman, Ralph, Harold, Donald, Howard, Edna and Mildred. Early on, the Prouty family lived in Manchester,...
Clyde Richard Prouty
Feb 24, 2017
Clyde Richard Prouty, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on February 24th, 2017, with family and close friends at his side. Born October 13, 1931, to Benjamin and Etta (Jefts) Prouty, Clyde was the ninth of their 10 children including: Theodore, Raymond, Norman, Ralph, Harold, Donald, Howard, Edna and Mildred. Early on, the Prouty family lived in Manchester,...
Joyce Dix
Feb 23, 2017
Joyce M. Dix 74 a resdient of Glen Avenue passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday February 23, 2017 , she was surrounded by her family and companion George Tower.br/>The daughter of John and Vivian (Shippee) Birch, she was born in North Adams, MA on November 14, 1942. Joyce was a graduate of Drury High School, Class of...
Donna Jones
Feb 23, 2017
Donna Taylor Jones, 86, of Dorset, Vt. and Bradenton, Fla. died peacefully on Thursday, February 23, 2017. She was the beloved wife of Edward F. Jones, who passed away in 1987. Donna was born in 1930 to Algernon and Violet Taylor nee Wray, homesteaders in Rapid City, S.D. In 1939, the Taylor family moved East to Bellows Falls, Vt....
Doris Wright
Feb 22, 2017
Doris C. Wright 93, a lifelong resident of West Arlington died peacefully at her home on River Road on Wednesday February 22,2017. The daughter of Sidney and Rena (Somers) Crofut she was born in Bennington on May 19, 1923. She attended schools in West Arlington and was a member of the first graduating class at the present Arlington High...
Merrily Main
Feb 22, 2017
Merrily M. Main 74 passed away at her home on Wednesday February 22, 2017. Merrily was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 27, 1942, she was the daughter of the late William and Janet (Hughes) Olsen. Merrily was a Registered Nurse, working with the husband, in the healthcare field. She was a communicant of Christ Our Savior Parish. She...
Evamgie Bernal
Feb 19, 2017
Evangie M. Bernal, 49 a resident of Applegate Drive passed away unexpectedly on Sunday February 19, 2017 in Bennington. The daughter of Clesson (Chuck) Bernal and the late Carol Swazey Bernal she was born in Hartford, CT on June 6, 1967. She received her early education in East Brady, PA and was a 1986 graduate of Wilmington High School....
Raymond Bailey
Feb 17, 2017
Raymond B. Bailey, 55 a resident of Hidden Valley Road passed away peacefully on Sunday February 19, 2017 at the home of his care providers Sue and David Crossman. Ray was born in Bennington on October 19, 1961, he was the son of Lawrence and Doris (Berger) Bailey. Ray had worked at the Bennington Wal-Mart for ten years. He...
Kenneth Rosenburg
Feb 17, 2017
Kenneth J. Rosenburg 78 died on February 17, 2017 at the Vermont Veterans Home. He was born in Williamstown, MA on June 3, 1938, the son of Henry Francis and Josephine Denno Rosenburg. He received his education at the Broad Brook School and then Williamstown High School graduating in 1957. He served in the US Marine Corps from 1957-1963...
John Hamilton
Feb 15, 2017
John Ross Hamilton, 92, a resident of Darien, CT passed away February 15, 2017 after a short illness in Bennington, Vermont. Born October 3, 1924 in Winchendon, MA, John was the youngest child of May Davina Ross Hamilton and The Reverend Rollo Albert Hamilton. An active member of Boy Scout Troop One in Flushing, NY, founded in 1910 by...
John Reagan
Feb 13, 2017
John William Reagan of Wilmington and West Wardsboro passed away on February 13, 2017 after a long hard fought battle against cancer. He was born in 1952 in Valley Stream, N.Y. to Joseph P. and Irene (Griffin) Reagan. He was raised in Seaford, Long Island and attended the Levittown schools, graduating from General Douglas Macarthur High School. In 1978...
Walter Kent
Feb 13, 2017
Walter R. Kent 1937 - 2017 Walter R. Kent. Nickname Buster, 79, a resident of Holland Heights, Danby, passed away Monday February 13, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Walter was born in Manchester on February 25, 1937 the son of the late Albert and Anna (LaGrange) Kent and attended Manchester schools. Walter worked for E.C. Crosby...
Margaret A. Deforest
Feb 11, 2017
Margaret A. (Smith) DeForest, 93, a lifelong resident of Schenectady, NY, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, February 11, 2017 at Equinox Terrace in Manchester Center, VT. She and her late husband, Durward, had relocated there in 2011 to be nearer their son, Daniel. The daughter of Albert R. and Alice J. (Enos) Smith, she was born in Schenectady...
Marianne Shaffer
Feb 8, 2017
Marianne Rosche Shaffer died suddenly on February 8, 2017. A long-time Trailblazer, skier and Stratton figure, Marianne was married to Wilson Shaffer for 52 years. She lived the majority of her years in Fairfield, CT and, more recently, Winhall, VT. She worked for many years at Brooks Brothers in Westport, CT as a retail sales associate. Born on September...
Steven G. Prouty
Feb 6, 2017
Steven G. Prouty, 66, a resident of Londonderry Vermont, passed away at his home, with family by his side, on Monday, February 6, 2017. The son of Clyde R. and Clara M. Prouty, he was born at Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, Vermont on August 26, 1950. Steve grew up in South Londonderry and was a graduate of Leland...
C. Elizabeth Van Dyk
Feb 5, 2017
C. Elizabeth Van Dyk, daughter of the late Josephine and Edward Kobylarz, died February 5, 2017 in Burlington, Vermont.She was born in Passaic New Jersey, where she met her husband, the late Garritt C. Van Dyk, Jr. The couple moved to Connecticut, then relocated to Dorset after retirement.Elizabeth held a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from New York University, and...
