Larry Joseph Lanata, 73, of Keene, N.H., and formerly of West Westminster, Vt., passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Elliot Hospital in Manchester from a recent fall. The family takes solace in knowing “God saw you getting weary, he put his hands around you. You gently slipped away”.[Read More…]
Obituaries
JOSEPH “ERNIE” H.E. LEMAY
ESSEX – Joseph H. E. Lemay “Ernie”, 78, of Essex, passed on Wednesday, June 23, at the McClure Miller Respite House, in Colchester. He was born on August 3, 1942, in Hardwick to Alphege and Anne Marie Lemay. The second-youngest of five children, Ernie grew up on a large milk[Read More…]
BRANDON DAVID THOMPSON
HYDE PARK-HARDWICK — Brandon David Thompson, born August 9, 1990, to Gretchen Jarvis and David Thompson, died on June 13. A celebration of Brandon’s life will be held Friday, June 25, at the Morrisville VFW from 4 to 8 p.m. The des Groseilliers Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.[Read More…]
AARON W. BENJAMIN
WOODBURY – Graveside services for Aaron Wade Benjamin, who died unexpectedly on March 15 at UVM Medical Center in Burlington, will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday, July 5, in the family lot at the Main Street Cemetery in Hardwick, with Pastor William “Bill” Richardson officiating. Arrangements are in[Read More…]
DONALD W. HISLOP and PATRICIA (SALLS) HISLOP
MORRISVILLE/GREENSBORO – Graveside services for Donald W. Hislop, who died December 29, 2020, and his wife, Patricia (Salls) Hislop, who died May 9, 2014, will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, June 26, in the Greensboro Village Cemetery with Pastor Ed Sunday-Winters officiating. Arrangements are in the care of[Read More…]
WENDELL “RED” JOHNSON
Wendell “Red” Johnson died on May 28. Red’s services are in the care of LaVigne Funeral Home. His full obituary can be viewed on their website at lavignefuneralhome.com/obituary-listing. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, June 19, at St. Francis Xavier church, 3 St Peter Street,[Read More…]
GARY G. BELLAVANCE
HARDWICK – Gary G. Bellavance, 58, of Hardwick, passed away on Friday, April 16. Friends and community members wishing to share in prayer to honor Gary’s life are invited to gather for his burial at Fairview Cemetery on Friday, June 11, at 11 a.m. The des Groseilliers Funeral Home is[Read More…]
JOYCE EATON EMERY
HEMET, Calif. – On January 26, Joyce Eaton Emery passed quietly at home, surrounded and loved by her family, at the age of 87 in Hemet, California. Joyce was born on August 9, 1933, in Hardwick, the only child of Evert Eaton, proprietor of Eaton’s Meat Market on Main Street.[Read More…]
THE REV. TAIHAKU GRETCHEN PRIEST
WOODBURY – Having lived a life full of exuberance, caring, and miraculous experiences, Rev. Taihaku Gretchen Priest passed away suddenly and peacefully in the early morning hours on Monday, May 24. As the founding abbot of Shao Shan Temple, a small Soto Zen Temple in Woodbury, her life influenced and[Read More…]
GENE FARR
Gene Farr, 75, went to be with his Lord and savior on February 26. He graduated from Hardwick Academy in 1963. He married Carolyn Fluet in 1975. They moved to Florida in 1993 where he founded and became pastor of Jesus Christ Ministries church. He retired to South Carolina in[Read More…]
CALVERT “CHIP” FOSTER
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Calvert Norris ”Chip” Foster, Jr. 56, of Boynton Beach died at his home on May 28. Pending arrangements are in the care of Dian R. Holcomb of Northern Vermont Funeral Service, 60 Elm Street, Hardwick.
