Obituaries

SGT. GUNNAR EUGENE WATSON

WHEELOCK – Sgt. Gunnar Eugene Watson, 27, of Wheelock, died unexpectedly on October 16, from injuries sustained in a fatal shooting at his home. His loss was a complete shock and the family is left shaken and deeply saddened. Gunnar was born on October 21, 1995, to Caroline and Jason[Read More…]

PATRICIA HALE WHITCOMB

ALBANY — She saw her world through a camera lens. The patterns the sun creates on water. The vivid colors of autumn on a cloudy October day. Every season provided a fresh canvas. Her family and nature were her muse, and a very personal view of her beautiful life will[Read More…]

BEN WILLIAMS

WOODBURY – Born July 11, 1955, Ben was the fourth child of Lorna MacMillian (social worker) and Irving Williams (English teacher). Raised in Mount Kisco, N.Y., Ben spent his summers on Prince Edward Island at his mother’s family’s farm. Family lore says he received his first bird book before he[Read More…]

SHIRLEY GRAY LYLES

BETHESDA, Md. – Shirley Gray Lyles died on October 28, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. Shirley is survived by her husband of 62 years, James (Jim) Lyles; sons David (Heidi) and Michael (Jeannie); six grandchildren, Brady, Andrew, Hunter, Hannah, Henry, and Peter; step-grandchildren Daniel and Aaron[Read More…]

IDA H. SANBORN

NORTHFIELD – Ida Heath Sanborn, 86, of Cabot, Barre Town, and finally Northfield, passed away on Thursday, October 26, at Mayo Residential Care in Northfield. Born on June 1, 1937, in Saint Johnsbury, she was the first of three children of Herbert Bernard and Marion Mabel (Hatch) Heath. Ida was[Read More…]

DR. NELSON C. MAYNARD

GREENSBORO – Dr. Nelson C. Maynard, age 85, of Gilford, N.H., and Greensboro, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on October 13.  Go to curtis-britch.com. to see his obituary and further information.  A memorial service will be held on Sunday, November 19 at 2 p.m., at the East Craftsbury Presbyterian[Read More…]

ETHNE JOAN BERTRAM GRAY

MORRISVILLE – Ethne Joan Bertram Gray was born in Boksburg, South Africa, on July 14, 1936. She passed peacefully at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, on Oct 2, age 87, after a brief stay related to her heart. She was the second to youngest of five children. Her parents were Robert[Read More…]

CHRISTOPHER KANE

CONCORD, N.H. – Christopher Kane, 68, of Concord, passed away on September 25, while on a family trip to Sonoma, Calif. Born on December 4, 1954, in Worcester, Mass., Chris grew up mostly in Westchester County, N.Y., and moved to East Hardwick, Vt., when he was 17 years old. In[Read More…]

MARION BABBIE

GREENSBORO – Marion Babbie of Greensboro passed away on September 24. She was born Marion Evelyn Towle on May 6, 1920, in Westford, but most of her early years were spent in Stowe. Later she lived in Connecticut, Hawaii and California before finally settling in Greensboro. Most recently she was[Read More…]

SYBIL L. AINSWORTH

HARDWICK – Sybil Louise Lanphear Ainsworth, 95, of Hardwick, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the comfort of her daughter’s home where she lived more than eight years. She was born October 18, 1927, in Craftsbury; one of 12 children born to the late Elsie Mae Sheltra Lanphear and Albert Leo[Read More…]

BARBARA L. SEVERANCE

RANDOLPH CENTER – Barbara L. Severance, 65, of Randolph Center, passed away on early Saturday, Sept. 9, at 2:30 a.m., in the Garden Room of Gifford Medical Center in Randolph. Barbara was born May 25, 1958, in Hardwick, the daughter of James and Aral Smith Rogers. Barbara attended Hardwick Elementary[Read More…]