WILLISTON – Ilene E. Parker, 69, passed away on August 4, after a long battle with kidney disease. Born on April 19, 1952, in Hardwick, Ilene grew up in Walden, with her parents, Myrtle Rogers and Otis McKinstry Sr., and her sister and brothers. Ilene married Denis Robert Parker on[Read More…]
Obituaries
RALPH ARNOLD DEVENGER
EL PASO, Texas – Ralph Arnold Devenger passed away from natural causes at his home in El Paso on July 17, at the age of 71. Ralph was born on November 21, 1949, in New London, Conn., the fourth of nine children. As a child Ralph grew up in Portsmouth,[Read More…]
AMY C. DUFRANE
JOHNSON – Amy Clara Dufrane, 91, of Johnson, formerly of Hardwick, passed away on Tuesday, July 27, in the comfort of her home with family at her side. She was born August 1, 1929, in Hardwick, the daughter of the late Fredrick and Hazel (Besaw) Devenger. Amy attended Hardwick Academy.[Read More…]
RICHARD D. LECOURS
HARDWICK – A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., on Saturday, August 14, at St. Norbert’s Catholic Church in Hardwick for Richard D. LeCours, who died June 23, 2020.
JACQUELINE HUNT LOVETT
MILAN, Italy – Jacqueline Hunt Lovett of Greensboro, Vt. and Bonita Springs, Fla., died suddenly and peacefully Tuesday, July 13, in Milan, Italy. Daughter of Ray and Ruth Hunt, Jackie was born April 10, 1948, in Chicago, Ill. She was a graduate of Proviso West High School and Western Illinois[Read More…]
ANNE SANGREE PARKE
GREENSBORO – Anne Sangree Parke, 92, died on July 29 at her home on Caspian Lake. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ten days earlier and spent that time saying goodbye to treasured friends and family. Born in 1928 in Barre, Anne grew up in Wellsville, N.Y., and spent[Read More…]
SHIRLEY COLBURN
HARDWICK – A memorial service for Shirley Colburn, who passed away on June 6, 2020, will be held on Saturday, August 14, at Hazen Union School in Hardwick. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m., in the gymnasium for one hour prior to the service at 11 a.m. Burial will immediately[Read More…]
HAZEL WARD BURTON GRAY
November 9, 1931 – December 31, 2020 GREENSBORO – Hazel Ward Burton Gray, the fifth of six children born to Ella Lindley Burton and Ward Cotton Burton (who arrived at his 1917 wedding by sailboat), grew up on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Minn., in “Quarterdeck,” a stately Georgian house[Read More…]
JUNE QUINN
HARDWICK – A graveside service honoring June Quinn, who passed away on February 17, will be held on Saturday, July 31, at 10 a.m., in Fairview Cemetery, Hardwick.A celebration of life will directly follow the burial at the American Legion in Hardwick. The complete obituary may be found at dgfunerals.com.
LARRY JOSEPH LANATA
Larry Joseph Lanata, 73, of Keene, N.H., and formerly of West Westminster, Vt., passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Elliot Hospital in Manchester from a recent fall. The family takes solace in knowing “God saw you getting weary, he put his hands around you. You gently slipped away”.[Read More…]
JOSEPH “ERNIE” H.E. LEMAY
ESSEX – Joseph H. E. Lemay “Ernie”, 78, of Essex, passed on Wednesday, June 23, at the McClure Miller Respite House, in Colchester. He was born on August 3, 1942, in Hardwick to Alphege and Anne Marie Lemay. The second-youngest of five children, Ernie grew up on a large milk[Read More…]
BRANDON DAVID THOMPSON
HYDE PARK-HARDWICK — Brandon David Thompson, born August 9, 1990, to Gretchen Jarvis and David Thompson, died on June 13. A celebration of Brandon’s life will be held Friday, June 25, at the Morrisville VFW from 4 to 8 p.m. The des Groseilliers Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.[Read More…]
