Milestones

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…]

SUSAN LOUISE FOSTER

HARDWICK – A Celebration of Susan’s life will be privately held for family and close friends at Lyford Pond on Saturday, August 3. A luncheon gathering in her honor at the Hardwick American Legion Post No. 7 will follow at noon, where all are welcome to join. The complete obituary[Read More…]

BERT S. HOOPER

HARDWICK – Bert Stanley Hooper, 75, of Hardwick died July 10, at UVM Medical Center in Burlington following a brief illness. He was born May 20, 1949, in Hardwick; the son of the late Richard and Rachael Georgette (Guillette) Hooper. He attended Hardwick Academy, graduating in the class of 1967.[Read More…]

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