Obituaries

Rita Lapine

STAMFORD - Rita Beatrice (Letourneau) Lapine, 94, of Stamford, died on Wednesday May 11, at Bennington Health and Rehab.
Rita was born in Readsboro on December 5, 1927, a daughter of Edward P. Letourneau and Blanche M. (Hurst) Letourneau. She attended schools in Readsboro and graduated...

Norman Goodermote

MONROE, MA - Norman Leon Goodermote, 79, of Monroe, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 10, in Readsboro, VT, while working in the yard of a friend’s home.
Norman was born in South Williamstown on September 1, 1942, a son of Franklin Henry Goodermote and Edith (Shephard) Goodermote. He...

Mary Lou Raymo

DOVER - Mary Lou Raymo, 80, died the morning of Friday, May 13, at Clare Bridge Memory Care at Brookdale Fillmore Pond in Bennington.
Mary Lou was born June 16, 1941, at Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, the daughter of Dorothy and William Holland. Mary Lou grew up on the family dairy...

Julia Fox

JACKSONVILLE - Julia Anne (Bartlett) Fox, 85, a resident of Jacksonville, died Sunday, May 16, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington.
Julia was born in West Dover on October 7, 1936, the daughter of the late Halbert and Gertrude (Howard) Bartlett. She attended Dover schools and...

Bruce Parks

CHESTER - Bruce Edward Parks, 78, of Chester, died peacefully on Monday, April 9, at home surrounded by his wife and three children.
Bruce was born to Edna Klemm Parks and Ira George Parks in Orange, NJ, on April 23, 1943. The family lived in Maplewood, NJ until Bruce was 7, when they...

Tower service

WHITINGHAM - Memorial services will be held on Saturday, May 21, for Ronald K. Tower. There will be a graveside service at 11 am at Sadagwa Cemetery. Directly following the services there will be a gathering at the South Readsboro Community Club for a luncheon.

Ada Libardi

READSBORO - Ada Marchegiani Libardi, 99, died peacefully on Thursday, May 5, at home with her family.
Ada was born on December 9, 1922 on Grinka Farm Drive in Readsboro to Celso and Teresa (Colo) Marchegiani. She attended school in Readsboro. Ada worked at Wall Streeter Shoes in North...

Betty Appel

WHITINGHAM - Betty Jane Appel died at her home on Friday, April 29. She was 100 years old. She was a beautiful human being who sang her way through life.
Born on August 9, 1921 to Myrna and Mercer Templeton on Staten Island, NY, Betty grew up the daughter of a vaudeville family.During WWII...

Bertram (Pete) Adams service

WILMINGTON - There will be a graveside committal service for Bertram (Pete) Adams on Saturday, May 7, at Riverview Cemetery, Stowe Hill Road, at 1 pm. A reception will follow at Adams Farm, 15 Higley Hill Road. All are welcome to join the family in celebrating Pete’s life. They would love to hear...

Richard Coleman

VERNON- Richard “Dickie” Coleman, 78, died peacefully on Monday, April 4, surrounded by his loving family.
Dickie was born on April 3, 1944, to Fred and Ellen Coleman, of Jacksonville. Dickie was the only boy born into a family of six children. He had a wonderful childhood. He grew up...