Obituaries

Thomas Paul McGovern

DOVER - Thomas Paul (Burger) McGovern, 77, of West Dover, died on December 20, 2023. Born in Bridgeport, CT, on December 26, 1945, Paul was the fifth of six sons to the late James Lawrence McGovern Jr. and Helen Deegan McGovern, of the Long Hill section of Trumbull, CT.
Thomas Paul grew up...

Robert M. Kaufman

WILMINGTON - Robert M. Kaufman, 94, died on Monday, April 8, in New York City of natural causes. Bob was born on November 17,1929 in Vienna, Austria to Paul and Bertha Hirsch Kaufman. A Holocaust survivor, Bob escaped on the first Kindertransport to England in 1938. He was reunited with his...

Timothy W. Agan

WILMINGTON - Timothy W. Agan, 45, a resident of Coldbrook Road, died Sunday, April 7, at his home with partner Chelsea Fischer by his side. Tim was born in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, on June 28, 1979. He was the son of Ernest Ruffell and Leslie Agan. He attended Newport, NH schools, graduating from...

Hobart “Hobie” Clark Terhune

SALISBURY, CT - Hobart Clark “Hobie” Terhune died peacefully on Tuesday, April 2. He was born the only son of Elizabeth Hobby and Sidney Terhune. Hobie was a kind and thoughtful friend who lived life to the fullest. He enjoyed growing up in the Twin Lakes area, in the town of Salisbury.
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Eugene “Gene” Steven Yankura

EAST HANOVER, NJ - In the early morning of June 21, 2023, Eugene “Gene” Steven Yankura, 90, of East Hanover, NJ, formerly of Connecticut, died peacefully at Morristown Post Acute Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Morristown.
Gene was born in Jersey City, to Joseph and Anna (Fedors)...

Whitney T. Hamilton

MARLBORO - Whitney T. Hamilton, of Higley Hill Road, died unexpectedly on Friday, April 5. He was born on November 14, 1984, in Brattleboro and grew up on his grandfather’s dairy farm. He graduated from Brattleboro Union High School in 2003. Whitty worked at the Retreat Farm, Feed Commodities in...

Lars Swanson

WILMINGTON - Lars Swanson, of Wilmington, died on Monday, March 25, at Albany Medical Center, after an unexpected and brief illness. Lars was born in Sacramento, CA, on July 13, 1957, and spent his primary years in Selden, NY. His family moved to Vermont in 1969 and Lars was a 1975 graduate of...

Frederick W Houston

WILMINGTON - Frederick W Houston died peacefully at his home in the early hours of the morning on Friday, April 5, after a night of watching footie (soccer for the rest of us) and chatting with dear friends.
The man lived a full life that took him around the world more than once. “For the...

Anthony R. DiLuglio

WEST WARDSBORO - Anthony R. DiLuglio, of West Wardsboro, died on Saturday, March 8. He is survived by his two children, Lyndsay M. DiLuglio and Ross A. DiLuglio as well as his granddaughter Sadie L. Bashline and his beloved dog Kelpy.

Bette Crawford

DOVER- Elizabeth “Bette” Crawford, 81, died on Saturday, March 23, following a brief illness. She was born May 28, 1942, the daughter of John Thomas Crawford Sr. and Frances E. (Costello) Crawford.
Bette grew up in South Yarmouth, MA, with her siblings Anne Marie, Jane, Keran, and J....