HARDWICK – With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Wilfred Eugene McAllister Sr., who passed away peacefully, in the warmth of his home, with his devoted wife of 57 years by his side, on December 10.Willie, as he preferred to be called, was born on January 12, 1949, in[Read More…]
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Lorraine T. Hill
HARDWICK – Lorraine Theresa Hill, 96, of the Villages in Florida, formerly of Hardwick died peacefully, on December 4, at The Corner Stone Hospice Center in Florida. Her family was at her side. She was born June 5, 1929, in Danville, the daughter of the late Louis and Clara (des[Read More…]
Raymond G. “Ray” Salls Jr.
HARDWICK – Raymond Geoffrey “Ray” Salls Jr., 82, of Hardwick, passed away peacefully, on November 16, at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care in Lebanon, N.H., surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born on November 2, 1943, in Sheldon, the son of Raymond Geoffrey Salls Sr,[Read More…]
Ellen Bryant Voigt, acclaimed pianist, teacher, Vermont Poet Laureate, remembered at 82
CABOT – Ellen Bryant Voigt was born May 9, 1943, and raised on her family’s farm in Chatham, Va. The middle child of a school teacher and mail carrier, she grew up near a large, extended family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Ellen showed an early talent for the[Read More…]
Wendell R. Ainsworth
HARDWICK – Wendell Russell Ainsworth, 83, of Hardwick, died Friday, Nov. 14, at the Greensboro Nursing Home with his loving family at his side. He was born December 12, 1941, in Hardwick, the son of the late Paul E. and Arlene (Ross) Ainsworth Sr. He attended Woodbury Elementary School and[Read More…]
Raymond G. Salls, Jr.
HARDWICK – Raymond Geoffrey Salls Jr, 82, of Hardwick, died Sunday, November 16, at the Jack Byrne Hospice Center in Lebanon, N.H., with his family at his side. He was born November 2, 1943, in Sheldon, the son of the late Raymond G. Salls Sr and Mary (Gamble) Salls. A[Read More…]
Clifton “Chip” Bissonward
GEORGIA – Clifton William “Chip” Bissonward, 59, of Georgia, formerly of Hardwick, Walden and Cabot, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Nov. 2, in Swanton.lifton was born on January 24, 1966, in Barre City, the son of Clarence and Sharon (Fisk) Ward. Growing up on the farm he was active in Cub[Read More…]
Kathleen Vinson Clow
BERLIN – Kathleen Vinson Clow, 85, of Berlin, passed quietly at home on Friday, October 31, with family at her side, after a long battle with lymphoma and leukemia. She was the daughter of the late Owen Vinson and Pauline Sopkin of West Hollywood, Calif. Kathleen had a lifelong love[Read More…]
Arline R. Pasette
HARDWICK – Arline Rita Pasette, 82, of Hardwick died October 31, at the Crescent Manor Nursing Home in Bennington. She was born November 6, 1942, in West Glover; one of 14 children born to the late Raymond and Margaret (Lussier) Gravel. Arline attended schools in West Glover, Barton and graduated[Read More…]
Elora Mae Kish
MORRISVILLE – On October 26, Elora Mae Kish was born to Daniel and Lauren (Holt) Kish of East Hardwick at Copley Hospital.
Beverly A. (Bev) Phelps
HARDWICK – Beverly Ann (Loura) Phelps, 91, died peacefully on Sunday, October 26, at the Greensboro Nursing Home. She was born November 13, 1933, in Hardwick, the daughter of the late Carl A. and Daisy (Downing) Loura. She graduated from Hardwick Academy in the class of 1951. On September 30,[Read More…]
Meredith Holch
EAST HARDWICK – Meredith Holch, 64, died suddenly while working in her yard in East Hardwick, on May 7. The cause of death was complications from polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder. Born and raised in Greenwich, Conn., she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Ellen Holch, and[Read More…]


