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FRANCOISE M. (COMTOIS) GAGNON, 92, of<br />
Spring Hill, FL, formerly of Barre, passed away Dec.<br />
23, 2<strong>01</strong>7, in the comfort of her daughter and son-inlaw’s<br />
home. She was born in Laurierville, Que., Canada,<br />
and moved to the United States where she and her husband<br />
raised their family in Barre. She owned and operated<br />
a motel business on the Barre-Montpelier Road.<br />
She attended Boulevard Bible Church for many years<br />
which was pastored by her son-in-law, Rev. Paul<br />
Berglund, whom she considered as one of her sons. She<br />
was an accomplished Hawaiian guitarist, and had been<br />
blessed with a beautiful voice. She belonged to the<br />
Catholic Daughters of America. She made beautiful<br />
crafts which included wreaths and gorgeous floral<br />
arrangements for her family and friends. She was quite<br />
the little artist and could draw and paint anything. She is<br />
survived by three daughters, Pierrette Berglund, of<br />
Spring Hill, FL, Nicole Hutchins, of Bennington, VT,<br />
and France Danyow, of Spring Hill, FL: two sons,<br />
Rejean Gagnon, of Montpelier, VT, and Pierre Gagnon,<br />
of Washington, VT; a sister, Jeanne St. Pierre, of<br />
Victorville, Que., Canada; 12 grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren;<br />
and two great-great-grandchildren.<br />
BEVERLY E. GAVIN, 83, of Short Street, passed away on<br />
Dec. 25, 2<strong>01</strong>7, at her home. Born Nov. 23, 1934, in<br />
Graniteville, she was the daughter of Raymond A. and Eleanor<br />
(Reilly) Craige. She attended local elementary schools and<br />
graduated from Spaulding High School with the class of 1952.<br />
On Oct. <strong>10</strong>, 1953, she married Robert Louis Gavin at the St.<br />
Sylvester Catholic Church in Graniteville. After they married,<br />
they made their home in East Barre before moving to<br />
Graniteville. Beverly was a homemaker enjoying time spent<br />
with her family at home and at the family camp on Lake Eligo<br />
in Greensboro. Survivors include her husband, Robert L.<br />
Gavin, of Graniteville; her son, Michael Gavin, also of<br />
Graniteville; her daughter, Kay O’Neil and her husband,<br />
Frank, of Barre; her sister, Joyce Blouin, of Barre Town; her<br />
grandson, granddaughter, and a great grandson.<br />
DENYSE D. GEAKE, 78, of Hersey Drive, passed away on<br />
Dec. 29, 2<strong>01</strong>7. Born in Barre Town on Sept. 24, 1939, she was<br />
the daughter of the late J. Louis and Simone (Cloutier)<br />
Dessureau. Denyse attended St. Monica Catholic School and<br />
was a graduate of Spaulding High School, Class of 1959. On<br />
June <strong>18</strong>, 1960, she married Ronald Geake in St. Monica<br />
Catholic Church in Barre. The couple made their home in<br />
Barre where they raised their family. Denyse was employed at<br />
Bombardier Transportation in Websterville for 20 years. Her<br />
sense of humor was enjoyed by family and friends. The one<br />
thing she was most proud of were her children. Survivors<br />
include her husband of 57 years of marriage, Ronald Geake,<br />
of Barre; her daughters Susan Clark and her husband, John<br />
Clark, of Rutland Town, Paula Lefebvre and her husband,<br />
Denis, of Williamstown, VT, Robyn Truman and her husband,<br />
Jon, of MD; also a son, John, of Barre. She is also survived by<br />
six grandchildren; as well as eight great-grandchildren. She<br />
leaves behind her siblings Dennis Dessureau, of VA, Andre<br />
Dessureau, of Washington, VT, Fred Dessureau, of Woodridge<br />
Nursing Home in Berlin, Renee Dessureau, of FL, Robin<br />
Dessureau, of Barre Town, Claire Dessureau, of Barre City;<br />
also, a special niece, Diane Lohr, of Barre City, as well as<br />
many nieces and nephews.<br />
WILMA ATHALIE (BARTLETT) GRIFFITH, 92, a resident<br />
of Franklin, died Dec. 31, 2<strong>01</strong>7, at the Merrimack<br />
County Nursing Home in Boscawen, NH, following a period<br />
of failing health. Wilma was born in Marshfield, VT, Oct. 31,<br />
1925, daughter of Leland and Violet Mae (Rushlow) Bartlett.<br />
She lived in Worcester, MA, Barre and Plainfield, VT, before<br />
moving to Franklin. Wilma graduated from Plainfield High<br />
School. A homemaker, she also taught piano and organ at her<br />
home in Worcester and enjoyed playing the accordion and<br />
loved cats. A Mormon, Wilma was a member of the Church of<br />
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and was honored to serve a<br />
mission with her husband at the Washington, D.C., temple.<br />
She leaves her sons, Steven J. Griffith, of High Point, NC, and<br />
Robert K. Griffith, of Franklin; 11 grandchildren and 21 greatgrandchildren;<br />
her sister, Ruth Thurber, of Franklin; generational<br />
nieces and nephews.<br />
STACEY HANCHETT, 56, of Barre Street, died on Dec. 30,<br />
2<strong>01</strong>7, after a brief illness. Born on April 3, 1961, in St.<br />
Johnsbury, VT, he was the son of Philip and Marian (Morris)<br />
Hanchett. Stacey graduated from Montpelier High School in<br />
1980. After graduation, he began working at the State of<br />
Vermont Department of Liquor Control in Montpelier. Stacey<br />
enjoyed running and was an avid race fan attending races<br />
weekly at Thunder Road. He also enjoyed bowling, hiking<br />
and other outdoor activities. Survivors include his mother,<br />
Marian (Morris) Hanchett, of Barre; his brothers Steve<br />
Hanchett, of Sarasota, FL, Terry Hanchett, also of Sarasota,<br />
FL, and Thomas Hanchett and his wife, Lori (Mattson), along<br />
with their children Bryton and Kirsten Hanchett, of<br />
Contoocook, NH.<br />
ANGELO INCERPI, age 77, died unexpectedly while working<br />
in his barn on Dec. 30, 2<strong>01</strong>7. Angelo was born in<br />
Providence, RI, on July <strong>10</strong>, 1940, son to the late Alfred and<br />
Marguerite (Zamperini) Incerpi. He was raised in Pawtucket,<br />
RI, graduating from Moses Brown School with the Class of<br />
1958. He began his post-secondary education at the University<br />
of Idaho (Moscow) and later transferred to the University of<br />
Maine (Orono) and received a B.S. degree in Wildlife &<br />
Fisheries Management in 1963. Angelo married Virginia A.<br />
Ricciarelli on June 15, 1963, and shared over 54 years of marriage<br />
together. He worked as a fisheries biologist in Maine<br />
until moving to Danville, VT, in 1967 to work for the State of<br />
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department where he was employed<br />
until his retirement as director of operations in 2002. This<br />
spring, he will be awarded the Northeast Fisheries<br />
Administrators Association Career Achievement Award. He is<br />
the first ever recipient of this award which will be named in<br />
his honor as the “Angelo Incerpi Conservation Award for<br />
Lifetime Achievement.” He is survived by his beloved wife,<br />
Virginia, of Danville; three daughters: Filomena Kersey and<br />
husband Greg, of Hartford, VT: Marianne Brunetto and husband<br />
Scott, of Hinesburg and Danville, VT; Christina Incerpi<br />
and husband Randy Bean, of Williston, VT; a brother, Albert<br />
Incerpi and wife Mary, of Punta Gorda, FL; a sister-in-law,<br />
Diane Heon and husband Edward, of Pawtucket, RI; a cousin;<br />
two grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and his hunting<br />
dog, Rusty.<br />
GARY ALAN KLINEFELTER, 64, of Birchwood Park<br />
Drive, passed away on Dec. 29, 2<strong>01</strong>7, following a courageous<br />
battle with cancer. Born in Rutland, VT, on July 11, 1953, he<br />
was the son of George and Jeanne (Carson) Klinefelter. Gary<br />
spent his youth in Plainfield, VT. He graduated from Twinfield<br />
High School in 1971, where he was an outstanding basketball<br />
player and held the highest career points record for 41 years.<br />
Gary graduated from Vermont Technical College in 1973, and<br />
later attended the University of Vermont where he received a<br />
B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1985. On June 27, 1981, Gary<br />
married Suzy Mills of Chappaqua, NY, in New London, NH.<br />
They lived in Montpelier until 1987 and then moved to Barre<br />
Town. Gary worked as a surveyor for Webster-Martin and<br />
Aquatec in South Burlington. After graduating from UVM, he<br />
worked as a civil engineer for Webster-Martin, followed by 20<br />
years in a business partnership with David Hudson at Vermont<br />
Survey & Engineering in Montpelier. Gary is survived by his<br />
wife, Suzy, and two sons Bob and Bill Klinefelter. Bob and his<br />
wife, Megan, and their young son, Tommy, live in Essex, VT.<br />
Bill and his wife, Andrea, and their infant son, Oliver, live in<br />
Grapevine, TX. Gary is also survived by his brother, Doug<br />
Klinefelter, of South Burlington, VT, and his sister, Grace<br />
Klinefelter of Fairfax, VA; and a large and loving extended<br />
family, including many nieces, nephews, cousins and so many<br />
friends.<br />
GIL KUJOVICH, Professor Emeritus of Vermont<br />
Law School, 71, passed away after a long illness in<br />
the company of his loving wife, Joni Chenoweth, and family<br />
on Dec. 14, 2<strong>01</strong>7, in Boston, MA. Professor Kujovich was<br />
born in 1946 in Chicago, IL. A U.S. Army veteran, he graduated<br />
cum laude from Middlebury College in 1969 and magna<br />
cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1975. He worked in<br />
the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit for Judge<br />
Shirley Hufstedler and went on to clerk for U.S. Supreme<br />
Court Justices Potter Stewart and Byron White. He drew on<br />
his professional experience to teach at VLS, specializing in<br />
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Law and Administrative<br />
Law. He published numerous articles on affirmative action,<br />
desegregation and diversity, and his important work in these<br />
areas contributed to bringing long-overdue diversity to legal<br />
education and to the legal profession. Professor Kujovich is<br />
survived by his beloved wife of 21 years, Joni Chenoweth, of<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana; loving family, including his sister, Jody<br />
Kujovich, and brother-in-law, Ken Strothkamp, of Portland,<br />
OR; his brother, Larry Kujovich, and sister-in-law, Susie<br />
Kujovich, of Chicago, IL; his brother, Ray Kujovich, and<br />
sister-in-law, Rose Kujovich; his sister, Elaine Haller, and her<br />
daughter, Heather; his brother-in-law, Michael Chenoweth,<br />
and sister-in-law, Pamela Pierce, of Coral Gables, FL; his<br />
sister-in-law, Maria Sinkford, and brother-in-law, Bill<br />
Sinkford, of Portland, OR; his sister-in-law, Sara Chenoweth,<br />
of Greensboro, NC; his brother-in-law, John Chenoweth, and<br />
sister-in-law, Claudia Chenoweth, of Portland, OR; his<br />
beloved cousin, Donna Djujic, of Torrance, CA; his nieces<br />
Sheri, Natasha, Zoe and Josie; and his dear friends Tish<br />
Thompson, Robert Dietz and Tina Hoffmann, Shirley<br />
Jefferson, Anna Saxman, Clara Gimenez, Michael Hill, Heide<br />
Scheurer, Rory and Nancy Fairman, and many others.<br />
SUSAN ANN MORSE, 61, passed away on Dec. 26, 2<strong>01</strong>7.<br />
Born in Stockton, CA, on Oct. 12, 1956, she was the daughter<br />
of Marilyn (Harvey) and the late Francis DeForge. On Oct.<br />
29, 1982, she married Wade T. Morse in Waterbury. Susan<br />
was a 1974 graduate of Harwood Union High School. Busy<br />
and happy as a homemaker and raising her children, Susan<br />
later was employed for many years in customer service by<br />
Leahy Press of Montpelier and then as a manager and clerk at<br />
Depot Beverage in Waterbury. She is lovingly remembered<br />
for being a good friend, loving mom, wife and grandmother,<br />
and her joy in spending time with family. Susan is survived by<br />
her husband, Wade T. Morse, of Duxbury; her mother,<br />
Marilyn Zeno, of Waterbury; her children Nicole Thayer, of<br />
Duxbury, Michael Thayer and his wife, Jennifer, of Barre<br />
City; seven grandchildren; her stepchildren Wendy Welch and<br />
her husband, Jim, of Duxbury, Eric Morse, of Berlin; two<br />
sisters Ruth Noel and her husband, Clement, of Underhill, and<br />
Nancy Baker and her husband, Andy, of Northfield; as well as<br />
nieces, nephews and extended family.<br />
DONALD C. RICH, 92, died on Dec. 20, 2<strong>01</strong>7.<br />
He lived with his wife on Brookfield Road, Berlin.<br />
Don was born in Montpelier on Nov. 8, 1925, the son of Ray<br />
and Effie (McFarlane) Rich. He attended Montpelier Public<br />
Schools before enlisting in the United States Army Air Corps.<br />
He served his country by training to be a pilot but was discharged<br />
when the war ended. On June 30, 1946, he married<br />
Lorraine Desilets at St. Augustine Catholic Church. They<br />
celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last year. Don<br />
began working as a field technician for Interstate Equipment<br />
and later, as a salesperson. In 1969, he started J & R<br />
Equipment Co., a John Deere heavy equipment business. He<br />
later worked for McCullough Crushing. One of his favorite<br />
pastimes was watching and feeding the ducks and birds.<br />
Summer and fall days, he and Mickey sat on their breezeway<br />
watching people walk by and looked forward to visiting with<br />
those who stopped to say hello. He is survived by his wife,<br />
Lorraine “Mickey” Rich, of Berlin; son, Steven Rich and his<br />
wife, Susan, of Berlin, and their daughter, Katie John and her<br />
husband, Patrick, of East Montpelier; son, Gary Rich and his<br />
wife, Judy, of Anchorage, AK, and their daughter; daughter,<br />
Pam Rich, of Berlin, and her children, and Shelby Quinn and<br />
her husband, John, of Northfield; son, Kim Rich and his wife,<br />
Pat, of Nelson, NH, and their children; daughter, Bonnie Hall<br />
and her husband, Richard, of East Montpelier, and their children,<br />
and Isabel Hall, of East Montpelier; as well as many<br />
great-grandchildren.<br />
MORRIS ALDEN ROWELL, 85, of Craftsbury, VT, died<br />
on Dec. 28, 2<strong>01</strong>7. He was born on the family farm in South<br />
Albany, VT, on Jan. 13, 1932, the fifth of eight children of<br />
Harry and Helen (Urie) Rowell. Morris attended Craftsbury<br />
Academy, where, in addition to his high scholastic achievements,<br />
he established a reputation for fast driving that would<br />
continue for the rest of his life. Upon graduating in 1950, he<br />
farmed until 1957 with his brother, Marvin, in South Albany.<br />
In January 1957, Morris married Carol Johns, with whom he<br />
started a family that would grow to five children. Also in<br />
1957, he moved from South Albany to East Craftsbury and<br />
began farming at Brassknocker Farm. Over the next 30 years,<br />
Morris grew and modernized the farm. In 1970, Morris and<br />
his brothers Marvin, Hollis and Wilbur purchased Slayton<br />
Motors in Hardwick, Vermont. The business was renamed<br />
Rowell Brothers Inc. and operated continuously for more than<br />
40 years. Morris was deeply involved in the Craftsbury community.<br />
Morris’s wife, Carol, died in October 1973 after a<br />
long illness. Late the following year, Morris married Mary<br />
Anthony Cox, a family friend. Although he never had the<br />
opportunity to go beyond a high school education, he was a<br />
voracious reader of history and biographies. Morris was<br />
widely known for his loyalty, wisdom and kindness. Morris is<br />
survived by his wife, Mary Anthony Rowell; siblings Louise<br />
Kinsey, of Albany, Eunice Kinsey, of Craftsbury, Marvin<br />
Rowell and his wife, Georgette, of Albany, Wilbur Rowell, of<br />
Irasburg, and Harriet Grenier and her husband, Charlie, of<br />
Waterbury; sisters-in-law Ruth Rowell, of Glover, and Alta<br />
Rowell, of Crossville, TN, and Saxtons River, VT; his children<br />
Margaret Rowell and her partner, Saul Treviño, of<br />
Craftsbury, Mary Rowell, of Craftsbury, Frances Rowell, of<br />
North Bergen, NJ, John Rowell and his husband, James Blue,<br />
of Craftsbury, and Washington, DC, and David Rowell, of<br />
Craftsbury; grandchildren Katie Rowell and her fiancé, Tim<br />
Oswald, of Keene, NH, Annie Rowell, of Craftsbury, Carolyn<br />
Rowell and her partner, Elijah Mayhew, of Hardwick, Alden<br />
Blue, of Craftsbury, and Washington, DC, and Effie Blue, of<br />
Craftsbury, and Washington, DC; and great-grandchildren<br />
Eden Mayhew, of Hardwick, and Zoë Oswald, of Keene, NH.<br />
He also leaves 24 nieces and nephews. He was especially<br />
close to Fielda Calderwood, a dear family friend of more than<br />
50 years.<br />
JAMES SAMUEL “SAM” SMITH, 77, died<br />
Dec. 26, 2<strong>01</strong>7. He was born July 16, 1940, in<br />
Hardwick, the son of Howard “Spike” and Irene (Young)<br />
Smith. He graduated in 1958 from Hardwick Academy. Mr.<br />
Smith was in the U.S. Navy 1958-62, serving in the Atlantic<br />
Ocean during the Cuban Crisis and later, in Iceland. He married<br />
Nancy Lou Pudvah in Hardwick Aug. 31, 1968. He was<br />
employed by Fairbanks Scales in St. Johnsbury, Steve Hill<br />
Construction in Hardwick and IBM in Essex. He retired in<br />
2002. Mr. Smith was a member of American Legion Post #7<br />
in Hardwick. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and researching<br />
family genealogy. Survivors include his wife, of Waterbury<br />
Center; two sons Christian Smith, of Chapel Hill, NC, and<br />
Jeremy Smith, of East Montpelier; four grandchildren; two<br />
siblings Michael Smith and Cherie Williams, both of<br />
Craftsbury; several nieces, nephews and cousins.<br />
ROBERT “TIM” SMITH, 72, died Dec. 13, 2<strong>01</strong>7. He was<br />
born July 16, 1945, in Moretown, the son of Allen and Avis<br />
(Goodell) Smith. He graduated in 1964 from Montpelier High<br />
School. Mr. Smith married Beverly Jean Drought in Montpelier<br />
April 17, 1965. He worked for many years with Walter H.<br />
Contracting in Montpelier, Gross Trucking in Northfield and<br />
C&W Services, retiring July 21. He enjoyed doing “search a<br />
word” books, outdoor work and riding his motorcycle.<br />
Survivors include his wife, of Northfield; two children Debra<br />
Walker, of FL, Tina Smith, of Waterbury Center; three siblings<br />
Kenneth Smith, of Hyde Park, Richard Smith, of CT,<br />
Betty Plante of Barre; three grandchildren; many nieces and<br />
nephews.<br />
SISTER THERESA ST. THOMAS (Sister Theresa Ann<br />
Thomas, r.h.s.j.), died on Dec. <strong>18</strong>, 2<strong>01</strong>7. She was born in<br />
Shelburne, VT, on Jan. 3, 1928, to Eustace Thomas and Lena<br />
(Hicks), the sixth of <strong>10</strong> children. Besides her sisters in religion,<br />
she leaves her brother, Peter Thomas (Juliet), of<br />
Richmond, VT; her sisters, Julia Mae Cameron, of Shelburne,<br />
VT, Hazel Yencha and Zita Lackenbauer, of CT; her sister-inlaw,<br />
June Thomas, of Hardwick; nieces, nephews and many<br />
friends. At the age of three, Theresa suffered permanent loss<br />
of sight in her left eye; she graduated from Shelburne High<br />
School and entered the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph<br />
community in Winooski in June 1948. She received her RN<br />
nursing education at Fanny Allen Hospital, at Boston College<br />
(her BSN), at Columbia University (her MSE), and at Nova<br />
University (her Ed.D.). Sister St. Thomas served at various<br />
levels of nursing at Fanny Allen and DeGoesbriand hospitals<br />
and Jeanne Mance School of Nursing in Burlington. From<br />
1969-2000, her teaching was focused on nursing education at<br />
Vermont College and Norwich University where she taught<br />
for 31 years. During these years, Sister resided with the<br />
Sisters of Mercy in Montpelier and Burlington. In June 2000,<br />
after a long and distinguished career, Dr. Thomas was awarded<br />
Emerita Professor of Nursing by Norwich University.<br />
BERNICE C. WESTON, 92, died peacefully on Dec. 20,<br />
2<strong>01</strong>7, at the McClure-Miller VNA Respite House in Colchester.<br />
Bernice was born on Oct. 15, 1925, in Essex Center, the<br />
daughter of the late Harry and Bessie (Sheldon) Center. She<br />
graduated from Essex High School and married Frederic<br />
Weston on Feb. 4, 1944, in Burlington. Bernice was bookkeeper<br />
and cashier for Alfred Mansfield Farm Equipment in<br />
Essex Center, later driving school bus for many years, while<br />
helping Frederic on the family farm. She also worked for<br />
Brown’s River Maple and was a homemaker to her family and<br />
all their friends. She is survived by her children, Stephen<br />
Weston and his wife, Connie, of Barre Town, Wendell Weston<br />
and his wife, Merilyn, of Westford, and Loreen Teer and her<br />
husband, Tim, of Westford; by her grandchildren and several<br />
step-grandchildren; her great-grandchildren; and her sister-inlaw,<br />
Rebecca Center, of Foxboro, MA. Bernice also leaves her<br />
“adopted” daughter, Cindy Berg, of Underhill; and her special<br />
family friend, Esther McLaughlin, of Westford; and several<br />
nieces and nephews<br />
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