White River Junction, VT – Winnifred Eleanor Trunzo, 102, died peacefully at home with her family by her side on Sunday, October 29, 2023. She was born on December 17, 1920, in Stockport, Iowa to George and Myrtle (Smith) Askew.

She taught in a rural one room schoolhouse after high school to pay for college. She often rode her horse there and being the only teacher, she taught all the grades. She graduated from Iowa State University in 1944 and served as a Lieutenant in the Unites States Army during World War II, receiving her discharge in 1946. While in the Army, she met and married another Lieutenant, Thomas H. Trunzo, on February 15, 1946, in Brownsville, Texas. After their military service was completed, they began a family, and she whole-heartedly supported his medical career by keeping their home running smoothly. After residing in Clairton and then Latrobe, Pennsylvania, they settled in Berlin, New Jersey and stayed there after his retirement.

Near the end of 2021, she moved to Bradford, Vermont to be closer to family. She cherished the time she was able to spend with her great granddaughter, Keena, who was born 100 years after her. The two shared birthday celebrations and candles. She spent the last several months in her granddaughter's home, surrounded by the love of family and comforted by careful and attentive care.

She is survived by two sons, Thomas Trunzo, Jr. of Orford, New Hampshire and Paul Trunzo of Brownsville, Pennsylvania; granddaughters, Melissa Arnesen-Trunzo and husband Edwin Zi Ping Gong of Bradford, Vermont and Kirsten Arnesen-Trunzo and partner Lucas Dennis-DeVries of White River Junction; and great granddaughter Keena Trunzo-Gong of Bradford, Vermont.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Thomas H. Trunzo, Sr., and sons, Lewis and Ben, both of Atco, New Jersey.

Winnifred will rejoin her husband with a burial at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Berlin, New Jersey at a later date. Memorial donations are appreciated to Habitat for Humanity, the Salvation Army and Bayada Hospice/Home Care of Norwich, Vermont.

Knight Funeral Home of White River Junction, VT has been entrusted with arrangements and online condolences are invited at www.knightfuneralhomes.com