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Mildred Butterfield
STOCKBRIDGE — Mildred T. Butterfield, 83, of Stockbridge, died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.
She was born Nov. 19, 1919 in Bethel; the daughter of Charles and Queenie (Harlow) Townsend. She attended Bethel Lympus School, and was a lifetime area resident. She married
Earle E. Butterfield in 1942 in Bethel. He died in 1996.
She was a member of the Mayflower Descendants, the Harlow Family Organization of Plymouth, Mass. She had been a past member and officer of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonel Israel Converse Chapter; was a past board member of the Quin-Town Senior Center for many years, and a supporter of the Stockbridge Mite Society.
She had many pen pals, and enjoyed gardening, genealogy, cooking and baking and collecting salt and pepper shakers and trivets. She had been a professional cook for several ski clubs, and helped care for the Stockbridge Common cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter, Peggy Marsh, of Ludlow; a son, Kent H. Butterfield of Stockbridge; two granddaughters, one great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a son, Ted Butterfield; three brothers; Dwight, William and James Townsend; and two sisters, Queenie Bird and Zelda Seymour.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 12 at the Day Funeral Home in Randolph, with Chaplain Christopher Junker, officiating. Burial will follow at the Fairview cemetery in Bethel.
Calling hours will be from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Quin-town Senior Center Hancock, Vt. 05748, or to the White River Valley Ambulance, 3190 Bethel Road, Bethel, Vt. 05032.
Louise Sargent
TUNBRIDGE — Louise M. Sargent, 93, died Thursday, June 5, 2003 at the Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, after a period of failing health. She was born Jan. 31, 1910 in Brahmer County, N.D., the daughter of Walter and Flora (Kraft) Haskins. She attended school in North Dakota and Orange, Mass. before moving to Tunbridge in 1927.
On June 25, 1932 she married
Verne V. Sargent of Tunbridge. Except for a few years when they lived in Strafford, they lived their married
life in Tunbridge. He died in 1976.
For over 30 years, Louise did home health care in her own home. She also took calls for area cattle sales for Gray’s Auction of Thetford. Her home was the before and after school stop for many area children and she often fed and helped dress them for school. She also was a hair dresser and homemaker, taking care of her own family, and was a member of the Orange Baptist Church in Orange, Mass.
She enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening, making crafts, camping, going to the ocean in Maine, horses, going to the Tunbridge Fair, going for rides to look for deer, and nature. For many years she helped organize the annual Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Department variety show fund-raiser. One of the things she was most proud of was being the first person to go through the new Mill Covered Bridge in Tunbridge with her son, Roger in his Model A, and also riding in many parades with him.
Survivors include a son, Roger V. Sargent of Tunbridge; two daughters: Clara E. Hutchins of Tunbridge and Polly A. Hook of Chelsea; 10 grandchildren, one great-grandson (as well as being Gram to many other people) and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, Verne V. Sargent; a son, Richard L. Sargent; a grandson, Stanley A. Blakeney; and all eight of her brothers and sisters.
Calling hours were held Sunday, June 8 at the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea.
A funeral service was held Monday, June 9 at the Tunbridge Congregational Church, with Mike O’Donnell officiating. Organist Helen O’Donnell led the congregation in singing "In the Garden." Granddaughters Shari and Carol Hook gave remembrances of their Gram. Many friends and relatives spoke about what she meant to them. The service concluded with the song "Go Rest High On That Mountain" by Vince Gill.
Burial followed in the Tunbridge Village cemetery. The bearers were Bernard Downing, Jimmy Huff, and grandsons: Damian, Chris, Tyler, Torry, and Jeremy Hook. A time of fellowship and refreshment was hosted by the Tunbridge Congregational Church Women at the North Tunbridge Grange Hall, following the burial.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 34, Tunbridge, VT. 05077; Chelsea Senior Center, c/o Susan Huff, Chelsea Court, RR #1, Box 143B, Chelsea, Vt. 05038; or First Branch Ambulance Service, Inc., P.O. Box 74, Chelsea, Vt. 05038.
Durward Farnsworth
POWAY, CALIF.- Durward A. Farnsworth, 79, died Sept. 26, 2004 at the Pomerado Hospital in Poway, Calif.
He was born Oct. 28, 1924 in Randolph, the son of Leonard O. and Ruie E. (Angell) Farnsworth of East Brookfield. He attended grammar school at the East Brookfield one-room schoolhouse at which his mother taught, then went on to Williamstown High School and the Vermont Agricultural School (now VTC) in Randolph Center.
He married
Edith Lorraine Helleland of Halstead, Minn. at the Little Church Around the Corner in Ingelwood, Calif. in 1946. She died in 1975.
He served with the 5th Marine Division 13th Artillery as a forward artillery observer at Iwo Jima during WWII, where he received a Purple Heart. After the war he returned briefly to Halstead, Minn. and then to Barre, where he worked as a carpenter. In 1951, the Farnsworths moved to Lawrence, Mass., where they operated the Farnsworth Construction Co., Inc. for many years.
He was active in the Lawrence Lions Club, was Scoutmaster for Troop 9, B.S.A. in Lawrence, Mass., and was active in many areas of the B.S.A program. The North Essex, Mass. council recognized him with the Silver Beaver Service Award in 1966.
After his wife's death, he relocated to College Station, Texas, where he operated the Brazos County Chem-Dry carpet cleaning franchise until 1985. He moved to San Diego, Calif. in 1986 to live near his daughters.
Survivors include a twin brother, Sherwood S. Farnsworth and his wife, Mary E. (Downs) of East Brookfield; a sister, Elouie (Farnsworth) and her husband, William P. Snyder of Willow Street, Penna.; a son, Elliot O. Farnsworth and his wife, Deborah S. (Bray) of Dracut, Mass.; two daughters: Roberta J. (Farnsworth) and her husband, Patrick Korch of Poway, Calif.; and Leanne M. (Farnsworth) and her husband, Daniel Neuman of San Diego, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by a brother, Leonard O. Farnsworth, Jr., who died on Bougainville in the South Pacific during WW II; a sister Elaine (Farnsworth) and her husband, Howard Tyrell of Medway, Mass.; and a daughter, Glyneta B. (Farnsworth) Hammon of Hampton, Conn.
Memorial Services will be held in East Brookfield during the summer of 2005.
Friends may make memorial contributions to the local chapter of the American Lung Association or Yankee Clipper Council, B.S.A., 36 Amesbury Rd., Haverhill, Mass. 01830.
Edward G. Fisher Jr.
ROXBURY — The Rev. Edward G. Fisher Jr., 78, died May 25, 2005, at his home.
He was born Feb. 20, 1927, in Washington, D.C., the son of Edward G. Sr. and Rosina (Moesta) Fisher. He graduated from high school in Washington, D.C. and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He married
Eleanor Cramer June 16, 1951, in Bayside, N.Y.
He attended Oklahoma A&M, George Washington University, Concordia College and St. John’s College. He earned his master of divinity degree from Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., in 1955.
He served as pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Conn.; Lutheran Chapel of the Holy Presence in Storrs, Conn.; the Randolph Center Congregational Church in Randolph Center, and East Bethel Community Church in East Bethel. He had also served as interim pastor in Rochester, Hancock and South Royalton.
He had been a member of Randolph University Club and the Randolph Singers. He also served as town moderator in Roxbury for many years.
Survivors include his wife, of Roxbury; eight sons: Gregory Fisher and Justin Fisher, both of Manchester, Conn.; Geoffrey Fisher of Tolland, Conn.; Gary Fisher of Willimantic, Conn.; David Fisher of Wilsonville, Ore.; Jonathan Fisher of Hartford; Randall Fisher of Loudon, N.H.; and Eric Fisher of Burlington; a daughter, Melissa Fisher of Washington; a sister, Elise Fisher of Washington, D.C.; and seven grandchildren.
There are no calling hours. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 4 at 2 p.m. at the Randolph Center Congregational Church, with the Rev. Timothy Eberhardt officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice Program at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice, 600 Granger Road, Barre, Vt. 05641, or Gifford Medical Center, P.O. Box 2000, Randolph, Vt. 05060.
Rodney Kurutza
RANDOLPH CENTER — Rodney Allen Kurutza, 50, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.
He was born on March 9, 1953, in Rahway, N.J., the son of Charles and Irene (Brizak) Kurutza.
He attended Rahway schools before becoming an auto mechanic and a welder. He moved to Vermont in 1988.
He enjoyed fishing, gardening, drawing, crafts, woodworking and boating on the ocean.
Survivors include his father-in-law, Philip Funk Sr. of Williamstown; his mother, Irene Harrison of Rahway, N.J.; four daughters: Mary Kurutza of South Amboy N.J., Cindy Rosen of Harrisburg, Penna.; Pamela Kurutza of Barre, and Marie Kurutza of Randolph Center; two brothers: Charlie Kurutza of Bethel and John Kurutza of Toms River, N.J.; two sisters, Gail Steele of Poconos, Penna.; and Carol Toffe of Toms River, N.J.; and two grandchildren, Brocke Kurutza and Jacey Sminansky.
Calling hours were held Monday, Aug. 18 at Day Funeral Home in Randolph. There are no services scheduled.
Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Vermont Division, 13 Loomis St. Montpelier, Vt. 05602; or to Pamela Kurutza, P.O. Box 343, Randolph Center, Vt. 05061.
