Obituaries


Wayne Howard Conrad
AYER, MA - Wayne Howard Conrad, born August 9, 1940, in Lowell, died on September 4. He was 85.
Wayne was the son of Howard and Dorothy Conrad, founders of Conrad’s Drive-In in Lunenburg, MA. Many in town remember him from his decades of work at the family business, where he spent more...

Rt. Rev. Thomas Clark Ely
RUTLAND - The Rt. Rev. Thomas Clark Ely, tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, died surrounded by family on August 30. He was 73.
Born in Norwalk, CT, on December 14, 1951, Tom was the son of Leonard and Shirley (Parker) Ely. He graduated from Norwalk High School and Western...

Margaret G. Sumner
BENNINGTON- Margaret Galvin Sumner, 81, a resident of Harrison Avenue, died Saturday, August 30, following a long illness.
Margaret was born in Brattleboro to Emma and Thomas Galvin. She attended school in Wilmington where she graduated as valedictorian.  She received a BA degree in...

Kenneth C. Lemire
TOWNSHEND - Kenneth C. Lemire, 91, died at home on August 19. Ken, the son of Clarence and Beatrice Lemire, was born in Willimantic, CT, on December 28, 1933. After finishing school, Ken joined the US Navy and served on the USS Orion as an electrician for five years. 
On July 2, 1955, Ken...

Connie Montemagni
STRATTON - Constance “Connie” Ruth Montemagni (nee Bultman), died at home on August 15, after a prolonged illness. 
Connie was born on May 9, 1948, in Grand Rapids, MI. She graduated from Ottawa Hills High School and later attended Grand Rapids Junior College. Connie worked in many varied...
WEST WARDSBORO - Michael David Holcomb died on Wednesday, August 6, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born on September 5, 1953 in Westfield, MA, to David Knox Holcomb and Helen Eleanor (Shaughnessey) Holcomb.
At an early age, he and his family moved to South...

Roland "Ronnie" Bolduc
WEST DOVER - Roland “Ronnie” Bolduc, 98, died on July 25, after a brief illness.  Born in Amesbury, MA on September 27. 1926, he was the son of Eugene Bolduc and Marie Bureau. 
Roland served our country in the Navy during World War II and due to an injury while in service, was honorably...

Susan Roberts
WEST DOVER - It’s the end of an era.
Susan Victoria Roberts (Big Susie), was born July 21, 1945 in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, grew up mainly in East Longmeadow, MA, and died on July 14 at her home in West Dover. 
She leaves behind her sister Una who resides in Australia, as...
WHITINGHAM - Robert Paul Perrone died on July 12 at his home. He was born August 23, 1949, in Pittsfield, MA, to Joseph Guarda and Rita Harrison. After graduating from Pittsfield High School, he joined the Coast Guard and served two years before being honorably discharged for health reasons....

Robert J. Devereaux
LYNN, MA - Robert J. Devereaux, philanthropist and founder of Robert J. Devereaux Corp., died on July 26, after having just celebrated his 91st birthday. 
Bob was the son of the late James and Rose Devereaux and grew up in Nahant. He attended school at St. John’s in Swampscott and...

Pages

The Deerfield Valley News

795 VT Route 100 North
Wilmington, VT 05363

Phone: 802-464-3388

Comment Here