Obituaries


Lucille Rice
BENNINGTON - Lucille Stone Rice, 88, formerly of Wilmington, died Saturday, October 25, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. 
Lucille was born in Greenfield, MA on April 5, 1937, the daughter of Floyd and Kathryn (Moxley) Stone. She was a 1955 graduate of Whitingham High...

TAYLORS, SC - Steven Francis Wallace, 44, died on Sunday, October 5. He was born in Prince Georges County, MD, on January 11, 1981. He was the beloved son of Jeffrey and Robyn Wallace. 
Steven started German kindergarten in Alitzheim, Germany at 3 years old, but continued his...
BRATTLEBORO - Mary Ellen (Coleman) Lee, 78, of Westgate Drive, died Saturday, October 4, at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, following an extended period of declining health.
Mary was born in Bennington on September 20, 1947, the daughter of James and Cora (Morse) Coleman. 
She was...

Frances Dary Minor Jr.
WILMINGTON - Francis Dary Minor Jr., 89, died on September 25 at home, surrounded by his family.
Born on November 26, 1935 to Francis and Hilda Minor, Dary attended Wilmington High School. He went on to Ag college at Vermont State University for a brief time before enlisting in the Navy...
WHITINGHAM - Robert M. Boyd, 86, a resident of Holbrook Road, died September 24 at his home, surrounded by his family. 
A lifelong resident of Whitingham, Robert was born on February 3, 1939, son of the late Merton and Nina (Morse). Boyd attended local schools, graduating from Whitingham...
WHITINGHAM - Frieda Kaffka, 97, died at home on August 22.
Frieda was born in Queens, NY on May 18, 1928, to Carl and Freda Junge. Frieda married her husband Warren in 1951 and raised their children in Ridgefield, CT. In 2006, they built a log home in Whitingham where they resided for the...
DANBURY, CT - It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of Theda (Teddi) Rogers Tucci (nee Spinney) peacefully on August 8, after a long, slow decline. She was 81 years old. 
Teddi was born on January 12, 1944 in Lewistown, ME to Cough Rogers Spinney and Barbara Houghton. ...

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...

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