Kevin John Wheeler, Sr. age 48, formerly of Lyndonville, died from a heart attack at the North Country Hospital in Newport, Vermont, Monday night March 14, 2016. Kevin was born in Brooklyn, NY, on December 19, 1967, son to Joan Ann (Baccellieri) Wheeler and the late James Preston Wheeler. He was raised and educated in Carpentry graduating from Lake Region...
Robert O. Williams, age 82, of Burke Hollow, passed away peacefully at his home Friday morning, March 11, 2016. Robert was born in Freeport, ME on June 7, 1933, to the late Howard Everett and Elizabeth Rose (Bean) Williams. He was raised and educated in Marlborough, MA schools and later attended the Worcester School of Business Science. He proudly served...
Kathy Kerber, 49, of Crow Hill in Danville, passed away at home early Thursday morning, March 10, 2016 surrounded by her family. Kathy was born in Huntington, New York on Dec. 8, 1966 to Peter and Beverly (DeJesu) Kerber. Kathy attended public schools in Guilford and Brattleboro, Vermont, Dean Jr. College in Franklin, Mass., and the Fashion Institute of New...
Jeannette A. (Chouinard) Bedor, 75, of St. Johnsbury, VT passed from this life peacefully at the St. Johnsbury Health and Rehab on March 10, 2016, with her family by her side. She was born in Greensboro, VT on July 16, 1940 to Joseph E. and Marjorie F. (Sheltra) Chouinard. She was the seventh of ten children born to the Chouinards....
Marcia Behr of Main Street, St. Johnsbury, passed away at home with her family late Wednesday evening, March 9, 2016, at the age of 99. Born in Syracuse, New York on August 22, 1916, she was the daughter of Sylvanus Delamere and May (Sedgwick) Ward. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Edward A. Behr on...
Robert Burke McGill of North Danville passed away on Tuesday evening, March 8, 2016. Robert was born in Burke, VT on September 4, 1929 to Robert James McGill and Tennie Gaskill McGill. Robert attended elementary school in Barnet and North Danville Village School and graduated from St. Johnsbury Trade School. After graduation, Robert was drafted into the Army during the...
Douglas Crawford Lyons, age 82, of Marshall Newland Road, passed away at his home, Tuesday evening, March 8th, 2016, with his family by his side after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Doug was born in Cambridge, MA, on August 4, 1933, son to the late Kevin T. and Edith (Hutchins) Lyons. He was raised and educated in Auburndale,...
Elsie H. Finney of St. Johnsbury passed away Monday, March 7, 2016. She was born June 4, 1931 in St. Johnsbury, VT, the daughter of E. Lloyd McKee and Margaret (Beattie) McKee. She attended public schools in St. J. and graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1949. She attended Bay Path Junior College in Longmeadow, Mass. Mom was all about...
Joshua Couture of Main St. in St. Johnsbury died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the age of 29. He had previously been a resident of Johnson. He was born in Burlington on Oct. 21, 1986, the son of Diane Deschamps and Kenneth Couture. He had resided in St. Johnsbury for the past year. He grew up in Westford. He is...
Peter Lavoie II, 22, of Concord, affectionately known as 'RePete', died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Born in Bristol, Connecticut on July 1, 1993, Peter was an auto mechanic through and through and was employed at L&T Auto on the East St. Johnsbury Rd. He was a fun-loving and caring young man. He...
Linda Niles of St. Johnsbury, longtime St. Johnsbury Farmer's Market vendor, passed away of cancer on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. She was 62. She was born in St. Johnsbury on March 10, 1953, the daughter of Edward and Dorine (Gilbert) Roy. Linda was a local artisan specializing in molten glass blowing and specialty wood carvings and had been a faithful...
Mary Jane DeBusk, age 87, passed away at the Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lyndonville, VT, Monday February 29, 2016. Mary Jane was born in El Paso, TX, on September 8, 1928, daughter to the late Willard Ordee Bourland and Blanche Marie (Naumann) Bourland. She was raised and educated in El Paso graduating from Austin High School in the...
Meriday Helene Danforth, age 94, formerly of St Johnsbury, VT, passed away at the Pheasant Wood Center in Peterborough, NH, on Saturday, February 27, 2016. Meriday was born in Derby Line, VT, on August 2, 1921, daughter to the late Obie Dyer Webb and Helen (Boucher) Webb. She was raised in Lyndonville, VT and educated at Lyndon Institute, graduating in...
Dennis Laferriere, a well-known local contractor and businessman, died peacefully at his home in North Danville on February 23, 2016. He was born on October 21, 1954, in St. Johnsbury, the son of Bernard Alphonse and Irene (Rancour) Laferriere. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1972. On August 14, 1976, he married Pamela Byron. In 1978, he formed Laferriere...
Shirley Langmaid, age 92, formerly of Hawkins Road, passed away at the St. Johnsbury Health and Rehab Center on Friday, February 19, 2016, following a brief decline in health. Shirley was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on August 9, 1923, daughter to the late Walter and Ruth (Davis) Blodgett. She was raised and educated in Danville graduating from Danville High...
John E. Ellsworth, age 76, of Royalston Corner Road, passed away with family by his side at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, VT, on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, following a period of declining health. John was born in Woodstock, NH on May 7, 1939. He was raised and educated in Carmel, ME. On January 4, 1958 he...
Myrtle Maude Davis Pike, age 80, formerly of Lincoln Street, passed away at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, VT, on February 16, 2016. She had been a resident at St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab Center. Myrtle was born in Essex, England, on August 16, 1935. She was raised and educated in England before coming to the U.S....
Brenda Blake Smith, 69, of Inverness, Florida, passed away on Feb. 16, 2016, at Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast in Inverness from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.
Brenda was born to Betty Simpson Blake and the late Maurice Charles Blake, Jr. in Lyndonville, Vt., on Dec. 16, 1946. At the age of 5, she moved to...
Christine Ann Douglas, 66, of St. Johnsbury peacefully passed away on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, after a yearlong battle with HLH. She was born in St. Johnsbury on Oct. 12, 1949, the eldest of four children to Raymond and Germaine (Hebert) Desilets. Chris graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1967, and worked briefly at St. Johnsbury Trucking before pursuing her...
Ernie Coolbeth of Lyndonville passed away Monday morning, Feb. 15, 2016 at the age of 89. Ernie was born in Monroe, New Hampshire on Sept. 19, 1926, the son of Arthur and Helen (Baker) Coolbeth and grew up in Glover. He married Beverly Simpson on May 2, 1942; they were married for 73 years until her passing last October. Their...