Brenda Ralph Madkour
Aug 15, 2023
Brenda Ralph Madkour, a long-time resident of Manchester Center, Vermont, for over sixty years, passed away peacefully on August 15 at the age of 89. Brenda was born in Lowell, MA, on June 28, 1934, one of five children of Richard and Alice Walwood Ralph. Brenda spent most of her childhood in Bennington, VT, where she went to Bennington High...
Elizabeth Ann Bissell
Aug 15, 2023
Elizabeth A. (Shovan) Bissell 77, a resident of Bennington, Vermont passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on August 15th, 2023 at her home, following a long illness. Elizabeth (Bette) was born July 2, 1946, she was the daughter of Stephen J. Shovan and Barbara (Wood) Shovan in Montague, Massachusetts and brought up in Orange, MA. Bette attended and...
Taylor Aitchison Therriault
Aug 13, 2023
Taylor Aitchison Therriault 20,a resident of Arlington, Vermont, passed away unexpectedly at his home surrounded by his loving family on August 13, 2023. Taylor was born on March 12, 2003 in Bennington, Vermont. Taylor spent most of his life in Arlington, where he graduated from Arlington Memorial High School in 2021. He enjoyed all things sports, and was a very...
Brenda Jean Brown
Aug 11, 2023
Brenda Jean Whitman, 58, of Bennington, VT passed away on August 11, 2023. She was the daughter of Gordon and Catherine Whitman. She received her education at Mount Anthony Union High School and later received her LNA license and was a caregiver for many years. Brenda touched many people with her love and compassion through the years. Brenda enjoyed being...
Leslie Emerson Andrew
Aug 9, 2023
Leslie “Chip” Emerson Andrew, lost his long battle to cancer in his home surrounded by his loving family and went to the Lord our savior on Wednesday August 9th. Chip was born on February 12th, 1972 in North Adams , Massachusetts. Chip was predeceased by his parents, Leslie Sr. and Jane Andrew. He graduated from Hoosick Falls Central School and...
Pamela J. Monroe
Aug 8, 2023
Pamela J. Monroe, 74, a resident of Murphy Road in North Bennington, VT passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday August 8, 2023. She was born in Bennington, VT July 14, 1949. She was the daughter of the late Olin Joseph and Phyllis (Stitt) Smith. She received her education in Bennington. She married the love of her life, Gary...
Eloise M. Jacobs
Aug 7, 2023
Eloise (El) M. Jacobs, 82, resident of Morgan St. in Bennington, VT passed away peacefully on Monday, August 7, 2023 at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY following a brief illness. She was born in Bennington, VT on January 27, 1941. She was the daughter of the late Hiland M. Main Sr. and Elizabeth (Evans) Main. El received her education...
Natalie Hope Rallis
Aug 4, 2023
Natalie Hope Rallis ( Levin) went home to our Lord and Savior on August 4, 2023. Natalie was the sixth of seven children born to Lula Themelis ( Hughes) and Reuben Levin. Born May 30, 1936. Natalie graduated from the old Benn. High in 1954. Natalie married Charles ( Dick) Winegard in 1955. The couple had one daughter, Robin Hadel,...
Myron Lake
Jul 31, 2023
Myron Raymond “Mike” Lake, Sr., of Pownal, VT, passed away on July 31, 2023, at the Rutland Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mike was born in Bennington, VT on April 15, 1950, the son of Robert C. Sr., and Eva May (McDonald) Lake. Mike served in the United States Army from 1966-71 and was stationed in Korea. Mike...
Janet Ruth Sausville
Jul 29, 2023
Janet Ruth (Bushee) Sausville, 88 of Bennington, VT, entered eternal life on Saturday July 29, 2023. Janet was born on November 1, 1934, in Everett, PA, the oldest of 5 children to Leonard E. and Mary Faye (Sparks) Bushee. Janet married Francis Sausville at Sacred Heart Church on June 29, 1957, and they had celebrated over 50 years of marriage....
Gregory Grant Burke
Jul 26, 2023
Gregory "Rex" Burke of Shaftsbury, Vermont, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, peacefully passed away on July 26th surrounded by his loving family. He was born in January 1946, in Springfield, Massachusetts to the late Ignatius and Antoinette (Piela) Burke. Rex was a man of great character, known for his unwavering dedication to his family. He is survived by his...
Floyd Alfred Amidon
Jul 26, 2023
Floyd A. Amidon, Sr., 65, a resident of Bellows Falls, Vermont, passed away unexpectedly on July 26th, 2023 in Worcester, Massachusetts Born on April 14th, 1958. He was the son of the late Marie and Floyd Amidon. Floyd was raised in upstate New York. On September 14th, 2013, he married the former Samantha Darrell at their home in Bellows Falls,...
Denise A. Barton
Jul 23, 2023
Denise Ann (Martin) Barton, 67, a resident of North Bennington, Vermont passed away peacefully in the comfort of her family on July 23, 2023. Denise was born on August 3, 1955 in North Adams, MA and was the daughter of the late James and Lorraine (Brooks) Martin. In her early years she and her family lived in Clarksburg, MA where...
Betsy L. Rudner
Jul 22, 2023
Betsy L. Rudner, a former resident of Red Mountain Road and more recently Pine Knoll in Arlington, VT and Brookdale, passed away on July 22, 2023. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 29, 1928, the daughter of Max L. and Hazel E. (Pearce) Holmes. Following World War II Betsy was a dancer in the London Company of Oklahoma....
Margaret K. Volkmer
Jul 21, 2023
Marcy Volkmer, 56, a resident of Bennington VT, left this world unexpectedly on July 21st 2023. She was born in Bennington, VT on April 18th 1967, the daughter of Beverly Bull Volkmer. Marcy graduated from Mount Anthony Union High School in '85 and shortly after enrolled in a nursing program to become an LNA. Being an endlessly compassionate person by...
Evelyn L. Herrmann
Jul 20, 2023
Evelyn L. Herrmann, 74, a resident of Holliday Drive in Shaftsbury, VT died Thursday July 20, 2023 at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY surrounded by her loving family following a long illness. She was born in Island Heights, New Jersey on December 2, 1948. She was the daughter of the late Lester and Marguerite (Fisher) McDaniel. She received...
Charles Edward Whitman
Jul 18, 2023
Charles Edward Whitman Jr., 96, a resident of Bennington, Vermont, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington following a long illness. Born on June 25th, 1927 in Barre, Vermont. He was the son of the late Charles Edward Sr. and Mildred (Nichols) Whitman. As a child, Charles moved to Bennington and attended...
Martin Eugene Cummings
Jul 17, 2023
Martin (Marty) Cummings, 77, passed away at home on July 17, 2023 after a brief illness. He was born November 14, 1945 in Schenectady, NY to the late Maynard Cummings and Helen O’Connell. After spending most of his childhood in the Midwest, he returned to the Northeast and attended Niskayuna High School. Marty graduated from Princeton University at the age...
Dorothy June O'Shea
Jul 16, 2023
Dorothy June (Kritzman), 71 of Bennington, VT, passed away unexpectedly on July 16th 2023 at the Albany Medical Center. She was the beloved widow of John N. O'Shea. Dorothy was born on June 24th, 1952 in Waterbury, CT to the late Michael and Katherine (Burgio) Kritzman. Dorothy received her education in Waterbury and married the love of her life, the...
Richard Marshall Demoss
Jul 15, 2023
Richard M. DeMoss, 69 of Shaftsbury, VT, passed away on July 15, 2023 at his home surrounded by his family. Rick was born on January 21, 1954, in Crosbyton, TX, the son of Melvis and Sidney Jo (Roberts) DeMoss. Rick married the former Amy Blatner on September 3, 1994 in Lake Tahoe. Rick was a medical device engineer for many...
