Obituary Listing

Mar 30, 2018

Hartford, VT – Ralph E. Funari, 68, died at home with his family on Friday March 30, 2018.He was born July 18, 1949 in Wilmington, DE a son of Ivo and Helen (Gianinni) Funari and spent his youth in Penns Grove, NJ where he attended the St. James School. When Ralph was a teenager his family moved to Fitchburg,...

Mar 24, 2018

WINDSOR, VT Marion E. Griggs, 94, a former longtime resident of Windsor, passed away Saturday morning, March 24 at the Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow. She was born May 24, 1923 in Windsor the daughter of Clyde G. and Addie (Barton) Rickard. She received her schooling in Windsor and graduated from Windsor High School in 1941. She married Edgar...

Mar 22, 2018

WINDSOR, VT Dee "Joyce" Brooks, 75, a longtime resident of Windsor, passed away Thursday morning, March 22 at the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor after a year long battle with breast cancer. She was born at home in Hartford, VT on March 23, 1942 to Carroll C. and Dorothy (Lashua) Brooks. She received her schooling in Windsor...

Mar 19, 2018

Quechee, Vermont - Richard William Vahey, 63 died Monday, March 19, 2018 at his home in Quechee, surrounded by his family. Richard was born December 26, 1954 in Natick, MA, a son of William and Mary (Gassett). He grew up in and attended the Milford and Uxbridge schools. He was a jack of all trades and worked as a handyman...

Mar 17, 2018

Ralph Curtis Barbour 76, of South Royalton, Vermont, was welcomed from his earthly home, into the Kingdom of Heaven on Saturday, March 17, 2018.

Curt was born, son of Ralph and Elsie Barbour, June 13, 1941. He grew up in Hartland, VT and graduated from Windsor High School in 1959. Curt began his career as a machinist...

Mar 16, 2018

BROWNSVILLE, VT Laurene A. Cormier, 71, a resident of Brownsville, passed away Friday morning, March 16 at the Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor. She was born March 27, 1946 in Winchendon, MA the daughter of Edwin and Loretta (Lawrence) Hammerberg. She received her schooling in Worcester, MA and moved to Vermont in 1977, where she attended Vermont...

Mar 10, 2018

Hanover, NH – Joan W. Buchanan, 90, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care in Lebanon, NH. She was born September 6, 1927, in Dalton, GA a daughter of Thomas and Lois (Parsons) Warmack. Joan spent her youth in Dalton before attending Emory University, where she earned her nursing degree. After graduation...

Mar 8, 2018

Fairlee, VT – Michael S. Gray, 46, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, March 8, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center of complications from an embolism. Michael was born June 19, 1971 in Woodsville, NH the son of Edmund and Linda (Jenks) Gray. He grew up in Lyme and graduated from Orford High School. After graduation he worked in several different jobs...

Mar 8, 2018

Ludlow, Vermont- William H. Foreman, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in Lebanon, NH following a brief illness Bill was born May 1, 1947 in Mount Vernon, NY the son of Charles and Margaret Foreman.  He grew up in Pelham Manor, NY and graduated in 1965 from the Leysin American School in Switzerland. He then...

Mar 8, 2018

WINDSOR, VT William J. "Bill" Tansey, 83, a longtime resident of Windsor, passed away Thursday evening, March 8 at his apartment at the Cedar Hill Continuing Care Community in Windsor. He was born December 1, 1934 in Miami, FL the son of John J. Tansey of Lenox, MA and Mary A. (Cafferkey) Tansey of Roscommon, Ireland. Following the death of...

Mar 7, 2018

Barbara Ragle Barnes, student, consummate teacher, administrator, gardener, horsewoman, mother, and friend died on March 7th, at the age of 94. She was a resident of Norwich, Vermont for 58 years. Barbara was born in Boston, Massachusetts to David Barnes and Margaret Fitz who inspired her lifelong commitment to learning and education. She attended the progressive Shady Hill School in...

Mar 7, 2018

NAPLES, FL - Stella Neville Rocheleau, age 87, passed away on March 7, 2018 with her loving family by her side. Stella was born in Venise-en-Québec on August 4, 1930. She was the daughter of the late Earl Neville and the late Eva McGee Neville. Stella graduated from high school in Bedford, Quebec in 1948 and from Notre-Dame Secretarial College...

Mar 6, 2018

Quechee, VT- Elizabeth "Libby" Ada (Reynolds) Guthrie, 97, died March 6, 2018. Born on November 1st, 1920 to the parents of Beatrice (Lamphere) and Milton Reynolds. Elizabeth was the third of four children; Gerald Reynolds, Eleanor Cherrier, and Milton Reynolds all of whom predeceased Elizabeth. The Reynolds family grew up in West Lebanon on a dairy farm. Libby often spoke...

Mar 6, 2018

Bethel, VT - Ronald Pearly Darling, Jr., 30, died unexpectedly March 6, 2018 at his home. Born July 23, 1987 in Hanover, NH a son of Ronald P and Heidi Lynn ( Follensbee) Darling. He attended the Bethel schools and for a time was enrolled in Rutland High School before graduating from Bethel High School. He was currently employed at...

Mar 5, 2018

North Hartland, VT - Robert Burton Colgan passed away at home in North Hartland early Monday morning, March 5th. He was 86 years old. "Bob" grew up on a dairy farm in Swanton, Vermont, with his parents and five siblings. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served in the Korean War. Upon his return,...

Mar 3, 2018

Wilder, VT- Reverend Margaret L. Stoddard, 95, died Saturday, March 3, 2018 at home.

Margaret was born July 12, 1922 in Elizabeth, NJ the daughter of Clarence Allen and Margaret (Gardes) Stoddard. She attended Schools in New Jersey and graduated from Trenton State College with a degree in Music Education. Margaret went on to graduate from Andover...

Mar 2, 2018

WINDSOR, VT Jack Zoerheide, 93, a resident of Windsor, passed away Friday morning, March 2, 2018 at the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield, VT following a long illness. Predeceased by his wife, Marie and seven siblings, Holly, Donald, Norma, Robert, Fern, Mary and Betty and beloved granddaughter, Keyra and great grandson, Wyatt. He is survived by his five...

Mar 1, 2018

WINDSOR, VT William Quarforth Lathrop, 78, a resident of Windsor, VT, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH from medical complications. He was born on June 9, 1939 in Nashua, NH the son of Alice V. (Quarforth) Lathrop and William George Lathrop. Bill attended and graduated from Mt. Hermon School in Northfield,...

Mar 1, 2018

White River Jct., VT – Ian Ross Cate, 50, died suddenly at home in White River Jct. on Thursday March 1, 2018. He was born July 21, 1967 in Hanover, NH a son of Gerald and Marga (Barthel) Cate. Ian enjoyed growing up in Sharon, VT and continued to feel a special bond with the town. He graduated from Hartford...

Feb 26, 2018

WINDSOR, VT Cynthia (Cindy) A. Day, 78, a longtime resident of Windsor, passed away Monday morning, February 26 at her daughter's home in Windsor. She was born September 25, 1939 in Windsor the daughter of Geno and Mary (Tarajkowski) Aspesi. She received her schooling in Windsor and graduated from Windsor High School in 1957. She then attended Northeastern University in...