Obituaries

Arthur W. “Art” Wright

DOVER- Arthur W. “Art” Wright, 80, died on September 24 at Grace Cottage Hospice surrounded by family and friends.
Mr. Wright was born on July 15, 1939, on South Hill in Jamaica, the son of Ernest Lane and Ruth Wright, and was brought up by his aunts and the Lowe family.
Among his...

Philip E. Bartlett

DOVER- Philip E. Bartlett, 71, a well-known resident of East Dover died on Monday, September 23, at Grace Cottage Hospital surrounded by his family. The son of Edwin and Marion I. (Johnson) Bartlett, he was born in Brattleboro on January 3, 1948. Mr. Bartlett grew up in East Dover where he...

Maureen Van Hook

WILMINGTON- Maureen Van Hook, of Wilmington, died on Sunday, August 25. Ms. Van Hook was a long time resident of Wilmington, having moved to the area from New York City in 1989. Her original plan was to take a break from city life and spend some time in the country in the area that her parents...

Dorothea M. DePalo

WHITINGHAM- Dorothea M. DePalo, 83, a resident of Maple Hill Lane, died Tuesday, September 17, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center surrounded by her family. Mrs. DePalo was born in Queens, NY on April 29, 1936, the daughter of Walter and Else Lehr Haug. She attended Long Island College of...

Walter M. Harris

ALBANY, NY- On Saturday, September 14, Walter (Mac) M. Harris died peacefully at Albany Medical Center surrounded by his devoted and loving family after a brief illness.
Mr. Harris is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Barbara Harris, daughter, Jane M. Jones and her husband Donald D...

Roy Shopman

DOVER- Roy Shopman, 84, died Monday, August 26, in Rhode Island after a period of declining health. He was born on May 17, 1935, in Hackensack, NJ. He lived much of his adult life at the Brook House in West Dover, and was well known throughout the community. He was often seen holding court on...

Harold R. Dove

TOWNSHEND- Harold R. Dove, 91, died peacefully on September 3 at Grace Cottage Hospital . He was born April 5, 1928 in Ausable Forks, NY, the son of John Harold and Jeanette Marie (Chamberlain) Dove.
ln the 1940s, he enlisted in the army at Devils Lake, ND. He was inducted at Saint Paul...

Richard E. Smith

DOVER- Richard E. Smith (known to many as Rik, Dick Smith or “Poor”), 71, a resident of Locust Heights, East Dover, died on Monday, August 26, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. At his side was his loving wife Marylou, their children, and many grandchildren.
Mr....

Virginia M. Wheeler

Bennington- Virginia Marie “Molly” Wheeler, 86, of North Street, East Dover, died peacefully Thursday morning, August 22, at the Bennington Health & Rehabilitation Center with her family by her side following a period of declining health.
Mrs. Wheeler was born in Norwich, CT, on May...

Funeral mass for Charles Richter

WILMINGTON- A funeral mass for Charles Richter will be said on September 14, 2019, at 11am at Our Lady of Fatima church. Family and friends are invited to a coffee hour at 10 am, prior to the mass, in the reception room at the church.