Friday, July 17, 2026
Obituaries
Alzeda Murdock Sawyer
Alzada Murdock Sawyer (Tide to many), died April 16 at Oakhaven Memory Care, with her daughter by her side.
Alzada was born in Readsboro, VT on July 13, 1941, the daughter of the late Harold and Barbara (Wheeler) Murdock. She attended Readsboro schools and graduated from Drury High School, class...
Ray Forrest
Ray, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to many, died on April 18, in his home.
Ray was born on September 8, 1939, in Wilmington, VT, to Charles and Caroline (Johnson) Forrest. His humble beginnings on their family farm, along with his older brother Carl, taught...
Ernest Bolognani
Ernest Gerardo Bolognani died April 17 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, surrounded by family. He was 92. Ernie was born on March 27, 1934 at the Readsboro Hospital to Teresa and Gerardo Bolognani. He attended the Readsboro Grade School. In 1952, he graduated from St. Joseph’s High School...
Ralph "Rusty" Allen
Ralph (Rusty) Allen, 79, of Whitingham, VT, died on March 5 at Albany Medical Center.
Rusty was born in Portland, ME to Ralph and Helen Allen. While residing in Agawam MA, Rusty worked for 18 years at Pratt and Whitney in Hartford, CT. He loved his work as a quality control consultant for...
Tim Blumenthal
Tim Blumenthal, a pioneering voice in American cycling journalism, broadcasting, and advocacy, died on March 30, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 70.
Tim was born June 22, 1955, in New York, NY, to John Irving Blumenthal and Mary Newkirk Blumenthal. He grew up in Rye, NY, and attended...
Priscilla Tower
Priscilla Irene (Tower) Thayer, 94, of Readsboro, VT, died on March 25 at North Adams Regional Hospital.
She was born in North Adams on July 9, 1931, a daughter of the late Lewis and Ellen (Schmall) Tower. She grew up in Monroe and moved to South Readsboro, VT in 1950. She attended elementary...
Donald Clark Gehring Jr. died on March 31 at the age of 86, with his wife of 57 years by his side. Known to many as Don or Clark, he was born on April 17, 1939, to Ruth Tolpin Gehring and Donald Clark Gehring Sr. He spent his early years on a farm in Coventry, CT. After his father’s death when he...
Manuela Kravarik
Manuela Kravarik, 97, died on March 20. She was born in Bucharest, Romania on August 14, 1928. She survived World War II and immigrated to New York city in 1949 via a circuitous route, at the behest of her father and mother. She moved to Dallas, TX, where Manuela made friends in the newly formed...
Kevin Wright
WILMINGTON—Kevin Dana Wright, 68, died at his home on Saturday, February 28.
After graduating from Cumberland High School, Kevin drove across country and eventually settled in Newport, RI as a chef. He recently retired after over three decades in nursing, a career he continued with dedication,...
Molly Ward Dye
Much loved mother, wife, grandmother, sister, and aunt, Molly W. Dye departed at the front end of a raging nor’easter on February 22. A resident of her beloved southern Vermont, she and her husband of 70-plus years, David R. Dye, lived in Whitingham for the past 28 years.
Molly was born July 16,...
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