Obituaries

Elizabeth Rooney

Elizabeth Rooney

Jun 11, 2022

Colchester-- Elizabeth Rooney, 82 of Jeffersonville, passed away on June 11th, 2022 at the McClure Miller Respite House. Elizabeth was born on March 7, 1940 in Waterville, VT as the Daughter of Charles Russell and Isabel (Burns) Russell. She married the love of her life, Larry Francis Rooney Sr., and they spent their lives together until he passed away in...

Caroline Joyce Dunakin

Caroline Joyce Dunakin

Jun 5, 2022

Grand Isle, VT--Caroline Joyce Dunakin, 83, passed away 06/05/2022 at Our lady of the Meadows. Caroline was born on November 14, 1938 in Burlington, VT, the Daughter of Charles Dunakin and Edith Pecor. Caroline was an LNA a good portion of her working life at Porter Nursing Home in Middlebury and Fletcher Allen. Caroline was always the life of the...

Margaret Mary Resseguie

Margaret Mary Resseguie

Jun 4, 2022

Milton, VT-Margaret Mary Resseguie, 96, passed away peacefully June 4, 2022 at her home. Margaret was born on August 9, 1925 in Providence, RI, the daughter of Aurel Henry Gauvin and Margaret Theresa Flynn. Margaret graduated from Millbury High School in Millbury, MA in 1943. She married Charles Resseguie on June 24, 1946. Margaret loved her garden and sitting in...

Nancy Mae Carleton

Nancy Mae Carleton

Jun 2, 2022

Burlington, VT--Nancy Mae Carleton, 86, of Milton, VT passed away June 2, 2022 at University of Vermont Medical Center. Nancy was born on August 3rd, 1936 in Vergennes, VT as the daughter of Hermon Benoit and Ruth (Sears) Benoit. She married the love of her life, Carl Carleton, and they were happily married for 57 years until he left this...

George Robert Morrison

George Robert Morrison

May 30, 2022

George Robert Morrison, 79, of Milton passed away May 30, 2022 at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester George was born on November 7, 1942 in Toronto, ON, a Son of George Morrison and Leila (Smith). George moved to Vermont to become a member of the ski patrol at Jay Peak, then moved to Montgomery to build his first...

Norma C. Lafayette

Norma C. Lafayette

May 30, 2022

Norma C. Lafayette, 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep May 30, 2022. Norma was born October 10, 1934, the daughter of the late Allard and Clara (Devino) Cross, of Grand Isle. She loved growing up in Grand Isle and forever loved the Islands and her wonderful memories there. In 1953, she married Wayne A. Lafayette in St. Joseph’s Catholic...

Philip J Murray, Sr.

Philip J Murray, Sr.

May 26, 2022

Philip J. Murray went to be with his beloved wife, Carolyn on May 26, 2022. Philip was born on February 26, 1942 in Burlington VT, son of Lyman and Bernice (Gabaree) Murray. Philip married the love of his life on March 4, 1966 in Elizabethtown, NY. Philip started his career in the United States Navy from 1960-1966 aboard the Franklin...

Angela Rose Cook

Angela Rose Cook

May 22, 2022

Morrisville, Vermont-Angela Rose Cook, 34, passed away May 22, 2022 at Copley Hospital in Morrisville. Angela was born on April 13, 1988 in Burlington, VT, the Daughter of Paul Cook and Nancy Cook. Angela attended O'Briens Aveda Institute to follow her dream of becoming a hairdresser, and was a front desk manager at Once Upon a Child for a good...

Richard Harry Hubbard

Richard Harry Hubbard

May 15, 2022

Fairfax, VT-- Richard Harry Hubbard, 85, passed away on May 15th, 2022 at his home. Richard was born on January 25, 1937 in Essex Junction, VT, the son of Clarence Hubbard and Martha (Pecor). He married the love of his life, Lee Rooney on October 28th, 1961 in St. Mary's Parish in Cambridge. In Richard's professional life, he was a...

Paul " Mac" McCarthy

Paul " Mac" McCarthy

May 14, 2022

Burlington--Paul J McCarthy "Mac", 82, passed away May 14, 2022 at University of Vermont Medical Center with his loving family by his side. Mac was born on December 14, 1939 in Burlington and was a son of Laura (Boucher) and Ulder McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy was a veteran of the United States Navy He was a security guard for many years...

Jeffrey Marshall

Jeffrey Marshall

May 12, 2022

Jeffrey Kenneth Marshall, 63, of the Cannon Corners Road, Mooers Forks, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, May 12, 2022, at his home. He was born in Burlington, VT on September 18, 1958, the son of Harold K. and Charol A. (Valyou) Marshall. He attended schools in Grand Isle, Colchester, Milton, VT. He was a very knowledgeable and talented automotive mechanic and...

Marlene "Dolly" Shappy

Marlene "Dolly" Shappy

May 12, 2022

Grand Isle, VT - Heaven gained another angel on May 12th, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer at the home of her daughter & son-in-law in Isle LaMotte, VT with her loving family by her side. Affectionately known as Dolly to her family and friends, she was born on May 2nd, 1938 in Burlington, VT to Preston and Elaine...

Gerald Herbert Shepard, Sr.

Gerald Herbert Shepard, Sr.

May 11, 2022

Grand Isle - Gerald Herbert Shepard Sr, 83, died peacefully on Wednesday evening, May 11, 2022 at his home with family. Gerald known as Jerry, was born Oct. 8, 1938 in Burlington, the son of Arthur Sr. and Hilda (Cushing) Shepard. On July 25, 1959 he married Darlene Blaisdell. Gerald worked construction all his life and possessed the ability to...

Melody Lee Marckres

Melody Lee Marckres

May 4, 2022

Burlington, VT--Melody Lee Marckres, 47, of Grand Isle, passed away May 4, 2022 at University of Vermont Medical Center. Melody was born on April 1, 1975 in North Adams, Massachusetts and was the daughter of John and Donna (Garstang) Pimental. She married Gary Marckres on June 3rd, 2000 in the Old First Church in Bennington. Melody earned a masters degree...

John M Clark, Sr.

John M Clark, Sr.

May 3, 2022

Stowe --John M. Clark, Sr. 85, passed away May 3, 2022 at The Copley Manor. John was born on July 12, 1936 in New Haven, Connecticut, a son of the late John B. & Mary Kelly Clark. He married Jeanne Halligan on July 18th 1964 in Madison, CT. Mr. Clark was a proud graduate of The University of Notre Dame,...

Carol Lapan

Carol Lapan

Apr 30, 2022

Carol went to be with the Lord at age 86 after an extended illness in St. Albans on April 30, 2022, at home. She was born on October 7, 1935, in St. Albans, Vermont, daughter of Helen (Maun) and Daniel Francis Doheny. Carol graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1953. Carol worked as a telephone operator for the phone...

Oscar Delgado, Sr.

Oscar Delgado, Sr.

Apr 28, 2022

Burlington- Oscar Mark Delgado Sr., passed away April 28, 2022 at the University of Vermont Medical Center at the age of 58. Oscar was born on September 14, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts and was a son of Oscar Alberto Delgado and Mary-Ann Elizabeth (Boucher) Delgado. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Oscar was a comedian, and a...

Michael Robert Hemingway

Michael Robert Hemingway

Apr 26, 2022

Grand Isle--Michael Robert Hemingway, 64, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, April 26 at home. Michael was born on February 9, 1958 in Burlington, a son of Bernadette (Raymond) and Robert Dean Hemingway. He was the former husband of Joyce Hemingway with whom they shared 28 years of marriage and had four loving sons. Mr. Hemingway was a graduate of Milton High...

Cynthia Hill

Cynthia Hill

Apr 26, 2022

Milton, VT--Cynthia Hill, 64, passed away April 26, 2022 at University of Vermont Medical Center. Cindy was born in Burlington to Charles Badore and Virginia (Fenstermaker) Badore on April 20, 1958. She married Arnold Hill on July 30, 1988. Cindy was a housekeeper who owned her own business. She loved to crochet and going to craft shows with her daughter,...

David Frederick Brownell

David Frederick Brownell

Apr 23, 2022

The Good Lord called David home April 23 on a beautiful spring morning surrounded by Family in his home he loved so much. David was born January 7, 1957. He graduated in the Milton High School Class of 1975. He married the love of his life, Doris St.Francis, on December 30, 2001. Together they had three beautiful daughters Paige, Morgan...