Obituaries

GARY MICHAEL POFF

MORRISVILLE: Gary Michael Poff, 72, died unexpectedly at his home in Morrisville on April 29. He was born, in Burlington, September 24, 1950, the son of the late Raymond and M. Helene “Helen” (Boisclair) Poff. He graduated from Hardwick Academy in the class of 1968. Gary enlisted in the United[Read More…]

PAUL E. AINSWORTH JR.

HARDWICK – A Graveside Service for Paul E. Ainsworth Jr., who died on Dec. 20, 2022, will be held on Saturday, May 20, at 11 a.m., in Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements are with the des Groseilliers Funeral Home. Please see dgfunerals.com for the complete obituary.

DANIEL LEIGH GOODRICH

GLOVER – Daniel Leigh Goodrich 76 of Hardwick, passed April 13. He was born May17,1946, to James Goodrich and Ezoa Daniels Goodrich of Hardwick. Early on Dan worked at his grandfather Sam Daniels’ iron foundry making furnaces. He graduated Hardwick Academy and Castleton State College. He taught art at Hardwick[Read More…]

KERRY JAMES JEROME

TAMPA, Fla. – Kerry James Jerome, 65, of Inverness, passed away March 30, with his daughter by his side at Florida Trinity Hospital in Tampa. Kerry was born October 7, 1957, in Hardwick, Vt., to Bernard Jerome and Helen Sullivan Jerome. He graduated from Hazen Union High School in 1975[Read More…]

BENJAMIN R. MASTIN (BEN)

CRAFTSBURY – Benjamin R. Mastin (Ben) died peacefully at age 87, on Thursday, March 23, after years of progressive dementia and days after a fall that broke his hip. He was born on February 2, 1936, in Midland Park, N.J. After Pompton Lakes High School Class of 1954 graduation he attended[Read More…]

SANDRA (Sandy) Sicely (Foster)

BARRE – Sandra (Sandy) Sicely (Foster) 81, of Cabot, passed away peacefully in Barre, on Monday March 27. A native Vermonter, Sandy was born on March 17, 1942, to Herndon and Natalie (Bartlett) Foster. She attended school in Cabot, graduating as the salutatorian of her class in 1960. Sandy was[Read More…]

CECILE (DUFRESNE) DYKE

MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Cecile (Dufresne) Dyke, born January 29, 1948, in Hardwick, Vt., died peacefully at her home in Morgantown, on Thursday, March 9, 2023, from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis. She had fought a hard decades-long battle with the illness, bravely facing each new challenge that the disease presented.Cecile[Read More…]

PERCY R. SMITH

WASHINGTON — Percy R. Smith, 85, of Washington passed away peacefully following a short illness on February 24, with his wife, of 61 years at his bedside. He was born August 10, 1937, in Hardwick, the son of Richard and Matilda (Gonyaw) Smith. In his earlier years, Percy was a[Read More…]