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James A. Thurston
Apr 2, 2017
White River Jct., VT – James A. Thurston, 71, died Sunday April 2, 2017 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born September 3, 1945 in White River Jct. a son of Roderick and Bernice (Campbell) Thurston. Jim grew up in West Lebanon, NH where he attended West Lebanon High School before serving in the US...
Raymond Martin Spisak
Mar 29, 2017
White River Junction, VT - Raymond Martin Spisak, Sr., 76, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Springfield Health and Rehab in Springfield, VT Ray was born March 30, 1940 in New Haven, CT, the son of John and Dorothy (Fortune) Spisak. He graduated from West Haven High School Class of 1957. After he joined the Army, he served for a...
Phyllis M. Bowers
Mar 28, 2017
HARTLAND, VT Phyllis M. Bowers, 93, a longtime resident of Hartland, passed away Tuesday morning, March 28 at the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor. She was born April 29, 1923 in Fayston, VT the daughter of Henry V. and Grace (Goodell) Farnsworth. She received her schooling in Hartland and Windsor and attended Windsor High School. She married...
Matthew G Fogg
Mar 24, 2017
Matthew G. Fogg West Hartford, VT – Matthew G. Fogg, 47, died Friday March 24, 2017 at home in West Hartford following a long battle with cancer. He was born March 26, 1969 in Lebanon, NH a son of Lawrence and Patricia (Facteau) Fogg. Matt graduated from Hartford High School class of 1988 before serving in the US Navy as...
Beatrice Quinn White
Mar 22, 2017
Beatrice Quinn White, 87, formerly of Natick, MA and Hartland VT died peacefully on March 22 at The Village at Cedar Hill in Windsor VT surrounded by her family. Bea was born April 5, 1929 to Frank and Bridget (Murtagh) Cooper. She had a very happy childhood with her parents and siblings, working along with her family, running the Centennial...
Jessica Marie Atwood
Mar 17, 2017
Hartland, VT – Jessica Marie Atwood, 29, died unexpectedly Friday March 17, 2017 in Springfield, VT. Jessica was born December 18, 1987 in Lebanon, NH the daughter of Donna Lowery and David Atwood. She graduated from Springfield High School class of 2006. Jessica attended Rhode Island College in Providence, RI. Upon her return she worked at area restaurants throughout the...
Edna E. Coutermarsh
Mar 17, 2017
North Hartland, VT – Edna E. Coutermarsh, 90, died Saturday night, March 17, 2017 at home in North Hartland with her family by her side. She was born May 10, 1926 in Tunbridge, VT a daughter of Bernard "Bun" and Doris (White) Brown. Edna was raised by her great-aunt and uncle, Mae and Ira Luce in Tunbridge and later graduated...
Margaret F. Harford
Mar 15, 2017
Windsor, VT- Margaret Frances Harford, 94, died Wednesday March 15, 2017 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born on April 8, 1922 in Lebanon, NH the oldest daughter of Harry and Mabel (Reynolds) Harford. Margaret graduated from Windsor High School in 1940 and began her career at Cone-Blanchard Machine Tool in Windsor. She worked as a...
Philip E. Trottier
Mar 14, 2017
Philip E. Trottier died on March 14, 2017 at his home in Fair Haven, VT where he resided with his daughter Teresa Fisher. He died following a short illness, having lived a long and active life until age 96. He was born on June 29, 1920 in Wilder, VT to Joseph L. Trottier and Rosa Alair Trottier and was one...
Jeanette R. Flinn
Mar 13, 2017
WEST WINDSOR, VT Jeanette R. Flinn, 84, a longtime resident of West Windsor passed away Monday afternoon, March 13 at the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield, with her son, Timothy and daughter, Patricia by her side. She was born August 29, 1932 in Meriden, NH the daughter of Frank and Blanche (Nelson) Sullivan. She received her schooling in...
Allen E. Simpson-Miller
Mar 12, 2017
Allen Simpson-Miller died Sunday, March 12, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is survived by his son, Chris Miller, his daughter, Danielle (Miller) Higginbotham, son-in-law, Jacob Higginbotham, grandchildren, Brynnlee Miller and Soren Higginbotham, and his former wife, JoAnn Simpson-Miller, nieces Lesley (Miller) Flint, June McKenzie, Ann Creaser, Hope Shaver, Caroline Shepherd, and their families, and a nephew Harry Shepard, Jr....
Kay Pallmerine Clark
Mar 11, 2017
White River Jct., VT – Kay Pallmerine Clark, 78, died Saturday March 11, 2017 at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, VT. She was born June 26, 1938 in Lebanon, NH a daughter of Henry and Evelyn (Preston) Pallmerine. Kay grew up in White River Jct. and graduated from Hartford High School Class of 1957 where she met...
Leslie E. Novak
Mar 10, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, VT Leslie E. Novak, 74, a resident of Springfield, passed away peacefully Friday evening, March 10, at her home in Springfield surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 4, 1943 in Bridgeport, CT the daughter of Fairchild P. and Gladys M. (Frandsen) Whitworth. She graduated from Andrew Ward High School in Fairfield, CT and then attended Dean...
Patrica Catherine Dickinson
Mar 10, 2017
Quechee, Vt. Patricia Catherine (Clancy) Dickinson, 78, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, VT. She was born June 14, 1938 in Dover, NH to Thomas W. and Helen (Hughes) Clancy. She graduated from St. Mary's Academy, Dover, NH in 1956. Pat loved life and enjoyed working at the Quality Inn, Quechee, VT and loved...
Lula Belle Fitzgerald
Mar 5, 2017
Glover, VT – Lula Belle Fitzgerald, 81, formerly of Rutland, VT, died Sunday March 5, 2017 at North Country Hospital in Newport, VT. She was born January 11, 1936 in Galloway, OH a daughter of Roy Cecil and Gladys Rose (Cochrun) Smith. Lula Belle grew up and attended school in Columbus, OH and after graduating from high school enlisted in...
Emma S. Vail
Mar 4, 2017
White River Junction, VT- Emma S. Vail, 89, died peacefully Saturday March 4, 2017 at Brookside Nursing Home in Wilder, VT while surrounded by family. A daughter of John J. Secor and Maude (Brown) Secor, Emma was born February 11, 1928 in Ashokan, NY where she grew up and graduated from high school. She went on to further her education...
Tamar Kitzmiller
Mar 4, 2017
Wilder, VT- Tamar Kitzmiller, 62, died March 4, 2017 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, surrounded by her loving family. Tamar was born October 2, 1954 in Fall River, MA, the daughter of Dovard and Virginia(Simcock) Jackson. She met her future husband John Kitzmiller in the summer of 1975 at Cragged Mountain Farm in Freedom, New Hampshire. They...
Harold William Bomhower
Mar 1, 2017
Lyme, New Hampshire – Harold William Bomhower, 88, died late Wednesday night, March 1, 2017 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born August 19, 1928 in Wilder, Vermont the son of John and Martha (Stone) Bomhower. Harold was born with polio and had to wear leg braces most of his life. Despite his illness he...
Edward N. Clark
Feb 28, 2017
Norwich, VT- Edward N. Clark, 93, died February 28, 2017 at Alice Peck Day Hospital in Lebanon, NH. Ed was born August 26, 1923 in Cambridge, MA, a son of Everett S. and Florence (Barber)Clark. He grew up and attended school in East Longmeadow and Later Agawam, MA. Ed served his country honorably in the Army during WWII, 1943-45 in...
Elizabeth "Betty" Ide
Feb 27, 2017
BARRE, VT -- Elizabeth "Betty" Ide, 78, of East Barre, died of brain cancer on February 27, 2017, at Woodridge Nursing and Rehabilitation in Berlin, Vermont. She was born Elizabeth Ann Spear at home in Hartland, Vermont, on October 2, 1938, the second child of Dorothy (Blood) and Raymund Edgar Spear. She often referred to herself as a "hurricane baby"...
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