HARDWICK – James Melodini, 73, of Cabot passed away on January 20, in Hardwick. James was born on January 4, 1950, in Harrisburg, Pa., to Americo and Jean Melodini. He graduated from Windham College in Putney. James is survived by three siblings and three nieces. A memorial service will be[Read More…]
Milestones
WILLIAM FRANCIS (BILL) CONSIDINE
BURLINGTON – William Francis (Bill) Considine Jr. of Georgia, Vt., died surrounded by loved ones on January 13, in Burlington at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife Katherine (Magnan) and their four children, Marc Considine (Alana), Alanna McCray (Gene), Sara Heth (Mike) and Matthew Considine (Rose[Read More…]
JOSEPH (JOE) PAUL BROSSEAU
HARDWICK – Joseph (Joe) Paul Brosseau, 57, of Hardwick, left this world on Jan 1, 2023 without saying goodbye. That was his MO. He was born on December 3, 1965, to Robert and Myrna Brosseau. Our brother was a simple guy, that’s how he liked it. So we are not[Read More…]
PAUL E. AINSWORTH JR.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Paul E. Ainsworth Jr., 92, of AuSable Forks, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Meadowbrook Healthcare in Plattsburgh. He was born in Woodbury, Vt., October 29, 1930, the son of Paul Sr. and Arlene (Ross) Ainsworth. Paul was the first of five children. His[Read More…]
FRANCIS EDWARD (PETE) ATKINS
CABOT – All-around good guy, sportsman, hunter, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins fan, Francis Edward (Pete) Atkins joined his favorite bird dogs Jackson, Lucy and Gus in hunting heaven on January 6, 2023, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. He was born on July 6, 1940, in Brattleboro,[Read More…]
MARK RAYMOND PATOINE
SWANTON – Mark Raymond Patoine passed away on December 26, 2022, due to medical complications. He was born on July 29, 1969, in Hardwick. He attended schools in Hardwick and was a graduate of Hazen Union. After graduation, Mark entered the work force. He held a variety of jobs throughout[Read More…]
Eliza Randi Calderwood
A daughter, Eliza Randi Calderwood, was born to Andrew and Madelynn (Johnston) Calderwood, of Craftsbury, on December 27 at Copley Hospital.
ELLEN FABIANI
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, 72, Ellen Rose Fabiani nee (Ernst), retired chef, Staten Island native who lived in Greensboro, Vt., for over 30 years recently settling in Fort Myers, Florida has left this world all too soon after a valiant battle with cancer. Surrounded by[Read More…]
JOANNA LYN (JOJO) HOUSTON
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah – Joanna, loving wife of Jim Houston, left us on December 6, smiling in the face of early-onset Alzheimer’s to the end. She was born Joanna Lyn Carleton on March 14, 1956, in Springfield Vt., the second child and oldest daughter of Donald Herbert Carleton and Neoma Lynn[Read More…]
JERRIE NASH
NORTHERN VERMONT – Jerrie Nash of Northern Vermont died unexpectedly on November 23. In her vast library of books were tucked hundreds of four-leaf clovers that she had found over the years. Truly, she was a lucky and well-read woman. Born in 1943 in Spokane, Wash., with “blue baby syndrome”[Read More…]
JANE SPRENGER WALLACE
GREENSBORO – Jane Sprenger Wallace (born Jane Moss Gordon) died on November 15, at the age of 105 at the Greensboro Nursing Home. Born in New York City on January 15, 1917, she was predeceased by her parents Bertha M. Gordon (Birdie) and William S. Gordon and by her brothers,[Read More…]
RAOUL JOSEPH MCALLISTER
BERLIN – Raoul Joseph McAllister, aka “Gunman,” passed away on November 16. Raoul was an avid outdoorsman and always in his element when surrounded by woods, water, animals, birds, and a family so large that people sometimes disagree on how many family members there are. Raoul grew up on the[Read More…]


