Joan Bertolini of St. Johnsbury passed away Saturday evening, Jan. 23, 2016 at the age of 84, surrounded by members of her family. Joan was born in Barre, Vermont on May 20, 1931, the daughter of Wendolyn and Freda (Hill) Beck. Her husband Enso "Bert" passed away two years ago on Jan. 1, 2014. Joan was predeceased by her sister...
Mary R. (Shatney) Berard, age 73, of Old County Road passed away at the St. Johnsbury Health & Rehabilitation Center January 20, 2016. Mary was born in Peacham, VT, on July 4, 1942, daughter to the late Elton and Edna (Hutchison) Shatney. As a teenager Mary was the dump attendant for years and worked as a house cleaner most of...
Tammy Maurice of St. Johnsbury died unexpectedly after a brief illness Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 at the age of 55. Tammy was born in St. Johnsbury on October 25, 1960 to her mother Gloria Berube and father Wayne Bumps. She attended Peacham Academy. Tammy enjoyed camping and picnics with her family. She also loved going fishing. Her grandchildren were "her...
Arvid William Odett, age 95, of Shadow Lake Road, Waterford passed away at the Lafayette Center in Franconia, NH, Sunday evening, January 17, 2016, following a long battle with Parkinson's. Arvid was born in Detroit, Michigan, Christmas Day, 1920, son to the late Ernest L. and Edith (Long) Odett. He grew up and was educated in Berkley, MI, graduating high...
Richard E. Houghton, age70, of St. Johnsbury, passed away at the St. Johnsbury Health & Rehabilitation Center Tuesday evening, January 12, 2016, following a period of declining health. Richard was born in Barre, VT, on September 18, 1945, son to Muriel (Jerome) Houghton and the late Cedric Roland Houghton. He was raised and educated in St. Johnsbury graduating from the...
Michael Walter Entriken, 59, of Walden, VT passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at his home. Michael was born on October 11, 1956, in Philadelphia, PA, to the late Walter and Dolores (Laub) Entriken and moved to Vermont in 1970 where he attended Cabot High School and worked with his family's business-Rama Enamels. Michael founded his own business-Green...
James Cushman Spencer, age 64, died, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family following a lengthy illness. He was born to Conrad Milton Spencer and Mary Emma (Cushman) Spencer on April 6, 1951, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He was raised in Lyndonville with his big sister, Mary Kay, and attended the Lyndon Schools, graduating from Lyndon...
Willy St. George, age 78, of St. Johnsbury, died Friday morning, Jan. 1, 2016 at the St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab Center where he had been a resident since July 2015. He was born on July 4, 1937 in Lowell, Vermont, the third child of Wilfred J. St. George, Sr. and Georgianna (Gadoury) St. George. He was educated in Lowell...
Don Taylor, of Lackie Hill Rd. in St. Johnsbury, passed away on Thursday evening, December 31, 2015 at the age of 84. He was born in Waterford, Vermont on September 10, 1931, the son of Harold and Myrtle (Ainsworth) Taylor. He married Marlene Ash 63 years ago on November 29, 1952. Don worked 37 years for Ed Gray Farms on...
Dennis K. "Weasel" Jenkins, age 61, of Rabbit Plain and lifelong resident of St. Johnsbury passed away at his home with his family beside him on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, following a battle with cancer. Dennis was born in St, Johnsbury, VT, on August 6, 1954, to Barbara A. (Brewer) and the late Donald Dwight Jenkins. He was raised and...
Richard Leon Peterson 'Pete' of Waterford, Vermont passed away unexpectedly at home Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 at the age of 70. He was born on March 5, 1945 in Boswell, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles and Louise (Holeva) Peterson. Richard grew up in Pennsylvania and at the age of eighteen he joined the Navy and served from 1963-1969. While in...
Normand Amedee Caron, 83, of the Old Center Road in St. Johnsbury, passed away on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2015, after a brief illness. He was born in North Danville, Vermont, on April 10, 1932, the son of the late Amedee and Blandine (Gagnon) Caron. He attended Arlington Street and St. Gabriel's school. Normand worked with his father and brother...
Albert Bedor of Wheelock passed away peacefully at home on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2015, at the age of 84. He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on Oct. 12, 1931, the son of the late Joseph and Evelina (Crepeault) Bedor. On May 4, 1950, Albert married Alberta Drown. In their 50 years of marriage, they had nine children together....
Jeff Belknap of Concord passed away Saturday evening, Dec. 19, 2015 at the age of 56. He died peacefully at home. Born in St. Johnsbury on May 20, 1959, Jeff loved all sports and coached The Pirates Babe Ruth baseball team. Jeff and Debra operated J.D.'s Restaurant on Portland St., formerly known as the Surf and Sirloin Restaurant and Wooden...
Donald Ora "Rocky" Larocque, III, age 69, of Bear Hollow in Lyndonville, VT, died from an apparent heart attack at his home, Saturday evening, December 19, 2015. Donald was born in St. Johnsbury, VT, on September 4, 1946 son to the late Donald O. Jr. and Mona (Stetson) Larocque. He was raised and educated in Burlington graduating from Burlington High...
Harold A. Reed of Lunenburg passed away Friday morning, Dec. 18, 2015 at the age of 95. He had resided at the St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab Center for the past three years. Previously Harold spent a happy ten years residing at The Canterbury Inn in St. Johnsbury. Born in Sutton, Vermont Aug. 6, 1920, he was the son of...
Norman R. Messier, age 76, of Sherburne Place, passed away at St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab Center on Thursday, December 17, 2015, following a period of declining health... with his family beside him. Norman was born in Enosburg, VT, on May 11, 1939, only child to the late Carl Gilbert and Bernadette (Larose) Messier. He grew up and went to...
It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we must say goodbye to our baby girl, Prezlie Louise Newland, and lay her to rest. She was born in Littleton, NH at Littleton Regional Hospital, December 15, 2015 and fought for two days to stay with us. The love she leaves with us is evident in our eyes and hearts....
Lyndon, VT: Betty Lou Shatney, age 64, of Memorial Drive passed away December 8, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family following a lengthy battle with cancer. Betty was born in Newport, VT, on September 3, 1951, daughter to the late Harry Sargent, Sr. and Ruth (Mackley) Sargent. She was raised and educated in Newport and St. Johnsbury. She...
Paul Hevey, 75, of Concord and formerly Lyndonville, passed away at home Saturday evening, Dec. 5, 2015 with his family at his side. He was born in St Johnsbury on Sept. 12, 1940, the fourth of seven children born to Arthur and Dora (LaPerle) Hevey. Paul graduated from St Johnsbury Academy with the class of 1957. He served in the...