1925
Alice
2015
Alice Hafner
May 9, 1925 — October 18, 2015
Alice McDonald Hafner (Fuzz), 90, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. She was born on the family farm in Danville, Vermont, on May 9,1925, the daughter of Plynn H. and May Wilson McDonald.
Alice graduated from Phillips Academy, Class of 1941 and from the University of New Hampshire, Class of 1944. Upon graduating from UNH, Alice worked at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the first nuclear weapons were developed by the Manhattan Project. After the war she continued her career working in Boston where she met her future husband, Amos Taylor Hafner. They were married on the McDonald Family Farm in 1947. Alice and Amos lived in Arlington, Virginia, from 1950-1966 where they started their family.
In 1970, Alice began a long and distinguished career for the Vermont Department of Corrections as a Probation and Parole Officer. She retired in 1987 as District Manager of Northeast Probation and Parole. In 1988, Alice was appointed to the Vermont Parole Board by Governor Kunin, and continued serving under Governors Snelling, Dean, Douglas and Shumlin. She was Chair of the Board from 1991-1993. On her retirement from the board in 2012, the Vermont General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing her "for outstanding public service on behalf of the Vermont criminal justice system." Alice was active in town affairs serving on the Danville Planning Commission, the Danville Historical Society and as a Danville School Director, a Justice of the Peace, a commissioner of the Danville Green Cemetery and the clerk of the Fire District #1(42 years). Alice was named the 2002 Danville Citizen of the year. She was a member of the Danville Congregational Church and The Order of the Eastern Star.
Alice was predeceased by her husband, Amos Hafner in 1970 and her sister, Catherine Beattie in 2014. Family members surviving include a daughter, Agnes H. Boswell and her husband, Luke; a son, Charles M. Hafner and his wife, Marion; four grandchildren, Taylor Boswell and his wife, Elizabeth, Isabel Boswell and her fiance, Scott Phillips, Daniel Hafner and his wife, Meghan MacLean and Scott Hafner and his partner, Chelsea Williams; a great granddaughter, Alice Boswell; nieces and nephews, Virginia Sullivan, Alice 'Pappy' Farr, Jane Kitchel, Mary Beattie, Thomas Beattie, Marion Cairns, Martin Beattie, Holly Beattie, Marilyn 'Gilly' Beattie, Kitty Toll and predeceased by Harold 'Occie' Beattie.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. at the Danville Congregational Church with The Rev. Douglas Carter, pastor, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Danville Congregational Church, 87 Hill Street, Danville, Vermont 05828 or Danville Rescue Squad, 379 Brainerd St., Danville, Vermont 05828. To sign an online guestbook, please visit www.chadwickfuneralservice.com.
Alice graduated from Phillips Academy, Class of 1941 and from the University of New Hampshire, Class of 1944. Upon graduating from UNH, Alice worked at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the first nuclear weapons were developed by the Manhattan Project. After the war she continued her career working in Boston where she met her future husband, Amos Taylor Hafner. They were married on the McDonald Family Farm in 1947. Alice and Amos lived in Arlington, Virginia, from 1950-1966 where they started their family.
In 1970, Alice began a long and distinguished career for the Vermont Department of Corrections as a Probation and Parole Officer. She retired in 1987 as District Manager of Northeast Probation and Parole. In 1988, Alice was appointed to the Vermont Parole Board by Governor Kunin, and continued serving under Governors Snelling, Dean, Douglas and Shumlin. She was Chair of the Board from 1991-1993. On her retirement from the board in 2012, the Vermont General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing her "for outstanding public service on behalf of the Vermont criminal justice system." Alice was active in town affairs serving on the Danville Planning Commission, the Danville Historical Society and as a Danville School Director, a Justice of the Peace, a commissioner of the Danville Green Cemetery and the clerk of the Fire District #1(42 years). Alice was named the 2002 Danville Citizen of the year. She was a member of the Danville Congregational Church and The Order of the Eastern Star.
Alice was predeceased by her husband, Amos Hafner in 1970 and her sister, Catherine Beattie in 2014. Family members surviving include a daughter, Agnes H. Boswell and her husband, Luke; a son, Charles M. Hafner and his wife, Marion; four grandchildren, Taylor Boswell and his wife, Elizabeth, Isabel Boswell and her fiance, Scott Phillips, Daniel Hafner and his wife, Meghan MacLean and Scott Hafner and his partner, Chelsea Williams; a great granddaughter, Alice Boswell; nieces and nephews, Virginia Sullivan, Alice 'Pappy' Farr, Jane Kitchel, Mary Beattie, Thomas Beattie, Marion Cairns, Martin Beattie, Holly Beattie, Marilyn 'Gilly' Beattie, Kitty Toll and predeceased by Harold 'Occie' Beattie.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. at the Danville Congregational Church with The Rev. Douglas Carter, pastor, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Danville Congregational Church, 87 Hill Street, Danville, Vermont 05828 or Danville Rescue Squad, 379 Brainerd St., Danville, Vermont 05828. To sign an online guestbook, please visit www.chadwickfuneralservice.com.
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