Obituaries

ETHNE GRAY

GREENSBORO — A celebration of the life of Ethne Joan Bertram Gray will be held on Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m., at the Greensboro United Church of Christ in Greensboro. Refreshments and sharing to follow in Fellowship Hall. Live-stream of the event will be at youtube.com/live/F42Orvg-KhY. Ethne was born[Read More…]

JOSEPH THAYER CHABOT

WESTMINSTER, Md. – Joseph Thayer Chabot passed on June 29, age 54, in Westminster. He was born November 11, 1969 in Morristown, Vt, and resided in East Hardwick, Vt., as a child. He is survived by one son, Mason M. Chabot of Westminster; one brother, Mathew W. Chabot of Vergennes,[Read More…]

MICHAEL DEAN MAXWELL

COLCHESTER – Michael Dean Maxwell, “Coach Max”, 76, of Cabot, Vermont, passed away peacefully on August 4, from cancer. at McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester. Born in Lebanon, N.H., on April 21, 1948, to Darrell and Janette Maxwell, Mike grew up on numerous Army bases.  He always spent his[Read More…]

PAUL JOHN PITT

CRAFTSBURY – Paul John Pitt Lived 11/27/63 – 7/15/24 Paul Pitt, an adoring dad, sweet husband, loyal friend, kind brother, uncle and in-law loved us all with his generous heart that beat its final beat peacefully and full of reciprocated love as he slept in the early hours of July[Read More…]

PATRICIA C. FOSTER

CABOT – Patricia Ellen (Cronin) Foster, 84, of Cabot died peacefully on Friday, July 26 at home comforted by her family and her faith. She was born July 15, 1940, on the Mead Farm in Center Harbor, N.H., to Robert and Freda (Perkins) Cronin. The family moved to Marshfield, and[Read More…]

GEORGE CHARLES HEMMENS

MORRISVILLE – George Charles Hemmens, a resident of East Hardwick, died on July 25, at Copley Hospital following complications due to a fall.George was born on December 31, 1932, in Chicago to John Albert Hemmens and Dorothy (Kieskalt) Hemmens and grew up in Belleville, Ill.  He attended the University of[Read More…]

WILLIAM FRANCIS HILL

HARDWICK – William Francis Hill passed away July 14. Bill was born in Hardwick, April 15, 1935, to William S. Hill and Doris Potter Hill.  He lived in Hardwick, his entire life, but for two years, in the Army, where he was stationed in Texas.  He owned and operated a[Read More…]

ROBERT E HAYFORD

SPRINGVALE, Me. – Robert E Hayford, 91, passed away in Springvale, Me., July 14. He was born in Hardwick, Vt., to Floyd and Ula Hayford. He spent time in the U.S. Army and he was stationed in Germany. For many years he was a carpenter and after retirement he drove[Read More…]

MELINDA MILLER PATTERSON

MONTPELIER – Melinda Miller Patterson, 76, died peacefully on July 10, in Montpelier, after a long battle with dementia. In her final years she repeatedly reassured her family that she had no regrets, and that she felt lucky to have lived such an extraordinary life.  Melinda was born in 1948[Read More…]

PHILIP HAYWARD GRAY JR.

GREENSBORO – Philip Hayward Gray Jr., died peacefully at the Greensboro Nursing Home on July 17. The son of Philip Hayward Gray, Sr., and Margaret Day Gray and the oldest of their six children, Phil was born in Barre on August 3, 1931. His childhood, largely spent in Madison, Wisc.,[Read More…]

LARRY W. GANN

FLORENCE, Ariz. – Larry W. Gann, 73, formerly of Florence and Hardwick, Vt., passed away on Thursday, July 18, due to complications from Marginal Zone Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Larry was born in Birmingham, Ala., July 8,1951. At age 7 he and two of his biological brothers were adopted by Paul and[Read More…]

EILEEN MAY (WHEELER) DOLAN

BRANDON – Eileen May (Wheeler) Dolan was born in Barre on March 3, 1959, to Charles and Hilda (Davis) Wheeler, who predeceased her. She succumbed to her sixth battle with cancer on July 11, 2024, at McClure-Miller Respite House in Colchester. Eileen spent most of her childhood living in Hardwick[Read More…]

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