Obituaries

Dec 4, 2023

North Pomfret, Vermont

Alan Rogers Blackmer, age 86, died on December 4, 2023. He was born to Alan and Josephine (Bedford) Blackmer on October 21, 1937, and grew up in Andover, MA. He attended Phillips Academy where his father was an English teacher and the Dean of Students. He spent a gap year studying at Christ Hospital...

Nov 30, 2023

Hanover, NH

Ralph K. Carlton—a brilliant, curious, quietly hilarious, and all-around extraordinary human being—died at home on November 30, 2023, of pancreatic cancer. He was 68.

Born in Manhattan on August 7, 1955, to Richard, a television executive, and Blossom (Kleinfeld) Carlton, a homemaker who later worked in the marine insurance industry, Ralph was raised...

Nov 24, 2023

Woodstock, Vermont

William Weston Rodes Harrison, 61, passed away at his home on November 24, 2023 in Woodstock, VT.

He was born in Nashville, TN on April 7, 1962, to Owen Weston and Elizabeth (Nelson) Harrison. He graduated from Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, VA, in 1980 and from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)...

Nov 21, 2023

Woodstock, Vt

The amazing Doris M. LeBaron, 97, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on November 21, 2023. Doris was born on June 26, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pa to William and Sarah Ann (Sally) McFall. After graduating from high school, she worked for the Philadelphia Railroad as a secretary. She was always so proud of how fast...

Nov 20, 2023

Margaret Lampe Kannenstine passed from this earth Monday, November 20th at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Peggy, or Peg, as she preferred to be called, was born in St. Louis, MO on April 1, 1938. Peggy was the eldest daughter of Dr. John A. Lampe, a third-generation Presbyterian minister and Margaret Elizabeth Lampe (nee) Phillips. Peggy attended Hamilton High School,...

Nov 19, 2023

Woodstock, Vermont

Mary B. Keith was born at 6:00 p.m., October 23, 1932, at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire. Born to parents Windsor County Clerk George C. Brockway and pianist and music teacher Marion M. Brockway, Mary Lou Brockway first traveled from the hospital to her cherished lifelong home on Woodstock Road in Woodstock, Vermont...

Nov 14, 2023

Barbara Phyllis Condict, 97, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2023 in Woodstock, VT.

She was born in Leominster, MA on November 1,1926, to Erwin W. and Sadie (Goodwin) Smith.  She graduated from Leominster High School in 1944 and from Framingham State College in 1948. In August of 1949, she married T. Chubb Condict following only 3...

Nov 13, 2023

Dr. John N. Schullinger, 94, died on November 13, 2023 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center of natural causes.

He was born June 26, 1929 in New York City, the son of Rudolph N. and Audrey B. Schullinger of New York City and Woodstock, Vermont. He attended The Buckley School in New York City from 1936 to...

Nov 13, 2023

It is with great sorrow that our family announces the passing of Frank Gordon tuthill , commonly known as Gordon .he was a walking historian who traveled throughout Vermont working with many town clerks on parcel mapping . His knowledge of Vermont's history , its highway history , as well as its railroads was by far more accurate than...

Nov 1, 2023

Plymouth, Vermont

Robert Carl Lynds, 86, died peacefully at his home in Plymouth early Wednesday morning November 1st, 2023

Robert was born on March 21 1937 in Ludlow, Vermont the son of Laurence and Gladys (Sanderson) Lynds.

Educated in the Plymouth Schools Robert went on to work many years operating heavy equipment for...

Oct 28, 2023

Carolyn Sue Houltberg, 90, of Woodstock, Vermont, was called home to be with her Lord on October 28, 2023 at the Jack Byrne Center. Sue was born April 16, 1933 in West Allis, Wisconsin, daughter of Walter and Eureath (Galloway) Reed.

Sue grew up in Virginia, Indiana, and Wisconsin, in a Swedish family, with her parents, and...

Oct 16, 2023

North Pomfret, Vermont

Ronald "Ron" Edward Weglarz, 76, died peacefully at his home on Monday October 16th surrounded by his family.

He was born June 21, 1947 in Franklin, NH, the son of Walter Weglarz and Eleanor (Gray) Youngman.

Ron and Sally settled in North Pomfret, VT where they built their life and...

Oct 2, 2023

Springfield, Vermont

Shirley V. Holt, a resident of Springfield, VT passed away October 2nd, 2023. Her last hours were in the company of family and friends and the care of medical staff members. She was born in Newport, VT, June 7th, 1932, the daughter of Lloyd Whittier and Addie (Meigs) Whittier. She grew up in Castleton, Poultney...

Sep 30, 2023

A Celebration of life will be held from 2pm to 4pm at the Edwin Thompson Senior Center in Woodstock, Vt on Sunday Oct. 22nd.

Hartland, Vermont

Bertha (Potwin) Pierce passed away on September 30, 2023. She was born in Mooretown, Vermont on August 28, 1927 to Raymond and Jennie (LaVerne) Potwin.

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Sep 24, 2023

Woodstock, Vermont

Wayne W. Wilson, 71, died at his home in Woodstock surrounded by family and friends on Sunday afternoon September 24, 2023

Wayne was born on October 9, 1951 at the old hospital in Windsor, Vermont the son of Wayne, Sr. and Clarissa (Small) Wilson.

Wayne graduated from Woodstock Union High School...

Sep 23, 2023

Hartland, Vermont

Howard Alan Trachtenberg, 88, of Hartland, Vermont, passed away on September 23, 2023.

Howard was born on June 9, 1935, to Harold and Ann (Krug) Trachtenberg in New York City. After graduating from Stuy (Stuyvesant High School), Howard went on to study biology (Course 7) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. 1956)....

Sep 8, 2023

A bus will be offering transportation from the Woodstock Union High School starting at 1:00pm and continuing approximately every 20 minutes until 5:30pm

Jerri C. Cole of Barnard and Woodstock, Vermont, died on September 8, 2023 at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care after a short period of declining health due to...

Sep 7, 2023

Charles 'Charlie' Astbury

Charles passed away peacefully surrounded by family September 7th in Woodstock VT

Born March 1937, to Blanche Westcott and Charles Astbury at their farmhouse on the North Bridgewater road where he resided for over 84 years. Charles was the oldest of six siblings.  He attended Woodstock...

Sep 7, 2023

South Pomfret, Vermont

Robert (Bob) William Hatfield died suddenly at home in South Pomfret, VT on September 7, 2023. He was born July 29, 1950 in Eugene, OR to the late Bill and Hazel (Arp) Hatfield.  While his father served in the U.S. Army, Bob's family lived in Japan, Germany, Illinois, finally settling in Huntington Beach, CA....

Sep 3, 2023

Woodstock, Vermont

Janet I. Maxham, 87, died Sunday September 3, 2023 at her home in Woodstock, Vermont.

Janet was born on January 7, 1936 in Lebanon, NH the daughter of Kenneth and Ruby (Chadwick) Illsley. She attended school in Hartford, VT and was active in 4 – H as well as card parties. She graduated...