Mar 7, 2016

Elsie H. Finney of St. Johnsbury passed away Monday, March 7, 2016. She was born June 4, 1931 in St. Johnsbury, VT, the daughter of E. Lloyd McKee and Margaret (Beattie) McKee. She attended public schools in St. J. and graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1949. She attended Bay Path Junior College in Longmeadow, Mass. Mom was all about...

Mar 6, 2016

Joshua Couture of Main St. in St. Johnsbury died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the age of 29. He had previously been a resident of Johnson. He was born in Burlington on Oct. 21, 1986, the son of Diane Deschamps and Kenneth Couture. He had resided in St. Johnsbury for the past year. He grew up in Westford. He is...

Mar 5, 2016

Peter Lavoie II, 22, of Concord, affectionately known as 'RePete', died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Born in Bristol, Connecticut on July 1, 1993, Peter was an auto mechanic through and through and was employed at L&T Auto on the East St. Johnsbury Rd. He was a fun-loving and caring young man. He...

Feb 29, 2016

Linda Niles of St. Johnsbury, longtime St. Johnsbury Farmer's Market vendor, passed away of cancer on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. She was 62. She was born in St. Johnsbury on March 10, 1953, the daughter of Edward and Dorine (Gilbert) Roy. Linda was a local artisan specializing in molten glass blowing and specialty wood carvings and had been a faithful...

Feb 29, 2016

Mary Jane DeBusk, age 87, passed away at the Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lyndonville, VT, Monday February 29, 2016. Mary Jane was born in El Paso, TX, on September 8, 1928, daughter to the late Willard Ordee Bourland and Blanche Marie (Naumann) Bourland. She was raised and educated in El Paso graduating from Austin High School in the...

Feb 27, 2016

Meriday Helene Danforth, age 94, formerly of St Johnsbury, VT, passed away at the Pheasant Wood Center in Peterborough, NH, on Saturday, February 27, 2016. Meriday was born in Derby Line, VT, on August 2, 1921, daughter to the late Obie Dyer Webb and Helen (Boucher) Webb. She was raised in Lyndonville, VT and educated at Lyndon Institute, graduating in...

Feb 23, 2016

Dennis Laferriere, a well-known local contractor and businessman, died peacefully at his home in North Danville on February 23, 2016. He was born on October 21, 1954, in St. Johnsbury, the son of Bernard Alphonse and Irene (Rancour) Laferriere. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1972. On August 14, 1976, he married Pamela Byron. In 1978, he formed Laferriere...

Feb 19, 2016

Shirley Langmaid, age 92, formerly of Hawkins Road, passed away at the St. Johnsbury Health and Rehab Center on Friday, February 19, 2016, following a brief decline in health. Shirley was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on August 9, 1923, daughter to the late Walter and Ruth (Davis) Blodgett. She was raised and educated in Danville graduating from Danville High...

Feb 17, 2016

John E. Ellsworth, age 76, of Royalston Corner Road, passed away with family by his side at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, VT, on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, following a period of declining health. John was born in Woodstock, NH on May 7, 1939. He was raised and educated in Carmel, ME. On January 4, 1958 he...

Feb 16, 2016

Myrtle Maude Davis Pike, age 80, formerly of Lincoln Street, passed away at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, VT, on February 16, 2016. She had been a resident at St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab Center. Myrtle was born in Essex, England, on August 16, 1935. She was raised and educated in England before coming to the U.S....

Feb 16, 2016

Brenda Blake Smith, 69, of Inverness, Florida, passed away on Feb. 16, 2016, at Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast in Inverness from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

Brenda was born to Betty Simpson Blake and the late Maurice Charles Blake, Jr. in Lyndonville, Vt., on Dec. 16, 1946. At the age of 5, she moved to...

Feb 15, 2016

Christine Ann Douglas, 66, of St. Johnsbury peacefully passed away on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, after a yearlong battle with HLH. She was born in St. Johnsbury on Oct. 12, 1949, the eldest of four children to Raymond and Germaine (Hebert) Desilets. Chris graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1967, and worked briefly at St. Johnsbury Trucking before pursuing her...

Feb 15, 2016

Victor R. Gauvin, age 65, of Marshall Newland Road passed away Monday morning February 15, 2016, at his home following complications from Parkinson's Disease. Victor was born in Concord, VT, on October 11, 1949, son to the late Ernest and Veronique (Beauregard) Gauvin. He was raised and educated in St. Johnsbury, graduating from the St. Johnsbury Trade School. Victor worked...

Feb 15, 2016

Ernie Coolbeth of Lyndonville passed away Monday morning, Feb. 15, 2016 at the age of 89. Ernie was born in Monroe, New Hampshire on Sept. 19, 1926, the son of Arthur and Helen (Baker) Coolbeth and grew up in Glover. He married Beverly Simpson on May 2, 1942; they were married for 73 years until her passing last October. Their...

Feb 14, 2016

Mrs. Grace Austin (nAC.e Lovejoy) of St. Johnsbury passed away Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016 at the age of 93, after spending 73 wonderful years with the love of her life, Delmer Austin, whom she married in 1942. Born in 1922 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to John and Amelia (nAC.e Marlin) Lovejoy, she spent much of her youth in Lowell, Massachusetts...

Feb 12, 2016

Kermit "Kurt" Fred Dwyer, 76, of Goss Hollow in St. Johnsbury, Vt., passed away Friday morning, February 12, 2016, at the Grafton County Nursing Home in North Haverhill, N.H., following a courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Kurt was born August 20, 1939 on Sheffield Heights in Vermont, the son of the late Kenneth and Aurora (Petit) Dwyer. The family resided...

Feb 12, 2016

Bruce Calvin Hubbard, age 67, of Whiting, N.J., formerly of Lyndonville, Vt., passed away at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., Feb. 12, 2016.

Bruce was born in Lyndon, Vt., on Jan. 23, 1949, son to the late Calvin Frederick and Veleda Ellen (Taylor) Hubbard. He was raised Lydonville on Hubbard Hill and graduated...

Feb 11, 2016

Christine M. Lapierre, age 89, of Birchwood Heights Lane, Waterford, Vt., passed away at St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab Center, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Christine was born on April 10, 1926, in Marsboro, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of the late Malcolm and Katherine (Murray) MacAskell. She attended schools in Marsboro, Quebec and worked at the Cask Co. in Scotstown, Que....

Feb 8, 2016

Donald Stephen Cota of Lyndonville died Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at the age of 56. He was born in St. Albans, Vermont on Jan. 24, 1960, the son of Judith (O'Donnell) Cota, who predeceased him, and father Donald Edward Cota. Don graduated from Lyndon Institute in 1978. Later he became the owner and president of Vermont Aerospace. He originated and...

Feb 8, 2016

Trevor Brian Berthiaume, age 25, of Sherman Horse Road in Lyndonville, died unexpectedly on February 8, 2016, in Barnet, VT. Trevor was born in St. Johnsbury, VT, on July 15, 1990, son to Brian Howard Berthiaume and Renette Ann (Eastman). He grew up in Lyndonville and Concord, VT. Trevor enjoyed soccer when he was young and he knew how to...