Obituaries

Ronald Tower

READSBORO - Ronald Tower, 55, died Saturday, January 29, at his home. Ronald was born in Bennington on February 27, 1966, the son of Kenneth and Mary Carruth Tower. He attended elementary school in Monroe Bridge, MA, and graduated from McCann Technical School in North Adams, MA.
In his...

Candace Dix

WILMINGTON - Candace E. Dix, 62, fondly known as Candi, died on Wednesday, February 2.
Candace worked the front desk at Andirons Lodge in West Dover for many years, where she made many lifelong friends. After Andirons closed, she worked for a wholesale tour company until the pandemic....

James Demeter

WEST DOVER - James (Jim) A. Demeter, 66, a resident of Upton Road, died Saturday, January 29, at his home.
Jim, the son of Jim Demeter and Dorothy Gulas Demeter, was born in Bridgeport, CT, on July 13, 1955. He was raised in Connecticut and moved to Vermont in 1975. His love of skiing led...

Kevin Robinson

STRATTON - Kevin Gene Robinson, 70, died peacefully on Friday, January 28, with family by his side at the Jack Byrne Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, after a two-year battle with cancer.
Kevin was born on March 24, 1951, at Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend. He was the...

Jesse Nesbitt

WILMINGTON - Jesse Dallam Nesbitt (Dal) died tragically at the age of 25 in a car crash on Friday, January 28.
He was born on April 18, 1996, at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT, to Emily Holladay Beeman and M.B. Nesbitt. Older brother Travis may have thought he was the alpha dog but...

Margo Lafferty

ENFIELD, CT - Margo Arlene (Neuhaus) Lafferty, 76, died unexpectedly and peacefully on Saturday, January 15. Margo was a loving wife, a caring mother, an amazing grandma, a beautiful dancer, an avid skier, and a lifelong educator.
She always put all others before herself. She took care of...

Charles Faulkner

LYNDONVILLE - Charles Albert Faulkner, 82, died on Thursday, December 16, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, with his family by his side.
Charlie was born on June 6, 1939, in Brattleboro to Neal S. and Mary (Chase) Faulkner. He grew up in Jacksonville and graduated from...

Kate O’Brien

MESA, AZ - Kathleen (Kate) O’Brien, 73, formerly of Wilmington, VT, died on Friday, January 7, with family members at her side.
Kate was born on May 19, 1948, and was the first of 11 children to George and Helen (Bennett) O’Brien. She grew up in Shelburne, VT, and was proud to be the...

Shirley LaBonte

READSBORO - Shirley Ann LaBonte, 80, died on Tuesday, January 11, at Vernon Green Nursing Home.
Shirley was born in Thompsonville, CT, on December 24, 1941, the daughter of the late Clifford and Norma (Norris) Richardson, and attended local schools. In her earlier years, Shirley worked as...

James Bogard

WINDSOR, CT - James Richard Bogard, 87, loving husband of 50 years to Carol (Anderberg) Bogard, died peacefully on Monday, January 10, at his home, surrounded by his family.
Jim was born in Mason City, Iowa, son to the late Cecil R. and Evelyn (Patterson) Bogard. Jim grew up in Iowa,...