Obituaries

John “Pat” Hunt

DOVER - John “Pat” Hunt, 76, died on Friday, December 17, with his family by his side.
Pat was born on October 1, 1945, to his parents, J. Patricia and John Hunt, in Fall River, MA, and attended school in Somerset, MA. He served in the Air Force at Malstrom AFB Montana, where he met and...

Joy Goodnow Pigott

WICHITA FALLS, TX - Joy Goodnow Pigott, 83, formerly of Wilmington, VT, died on the night of Wednesday, December 22. She was born on April 16, 1938, in Stanley OK, the daughter of Ethel (Howard) and Clayton Tyler.
Joy was a member of Red River Cowboy Church, of Burkburnett, where she sang...

John Robert Read

DOVER- On Friday, December 17, 2021 God called John Robert Read through the pearly gates of Heaven. John was born on September 28, 1948 at Fitchburg Hospital in Fitchburg, MA. John was the only child of George and Helen Read (McMinimen) and grew up on 66 Austin Street in Leominster. John attended...

Megan L. Bratton

WILMINGTON - Megan L. Bratton, 29, a resident of Old Town Road, died Sunday, December 5, at her home with her mother by her side. Megan was born in Bennington on February 14, 1992, the daughter of Larry and Karen Savory Bratton. She attended Wilmington schools and graduated from Twin Valley High...

Mario Bolognani

READSBORO - Mario Augustino Bolognani, 82, died on Wednesday, November 24, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, following a brief illness.
Mario was born in Bennington on September 5, 1939, a son of Alfonso and Carmella (Cristofolini) Bolognani. He attended Readsboro...

Lorraine Parsons

BRATTLEBORO - Lorraine Emma Barnett Parsons, 90, formerly of Wilmington and a resident of Valley Cares in Townshend, died Saturday, November 27, at Pine Heights Nursing Home.
Lorraine was born in Cabot on October 18, 1931, the daughter of the late Ashley Charles and Sara Elizabeth Clarke...

Hildur Murdock

JACKSONVILLE - Hildur Elaine Holland Murdock, 84, died on Sunday, November 28, at the Jack Bryne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care in Lebanon, NH.
Hildur (Heedie) was born on August 25, 1937, in Monroe Bridge, MA, to Harry Elliot Holland and Rena Hazel Dumas Holland who preceded her...

Todd McElroy

DOVER - Todd Cyril McElroy, 51, died unexpectedly of natural causes at his home earlier this November.
The son of Edmund G. “Ned” and Marcy (Ham) McElroy, Todd was born in Ridgewood, NJ, on February 7, 1970. He grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, where he attended local public schools. In 1992, he...

Charles Watson

WILMINGTON - Charles F. Watson, 80, a former Wilmington resident and past co-owner of The Vermont House and Cane’s Tavern, died peacefully on Sunday, November 28, near his brother in Hilton Head, SC.
Charlie was born on June 13, 1941, in Rochester, NY. He enjoyed spending his time on the...

Helen L. Young

BRATTLEBORO - Helen L. Young, 87, formerly of Manchester, died Tuesday, November 16, at Pine Heights. Helen was born in Three Rivers, MA, on April 15, 1934, the daughter of the late Joseph and Bella (Cichon) Sienkiewicz and attended local schools. Helen worked as a secretary and then as a CNA for...