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MANDUS S. QUEBEC
ST. ALBANS -- Mr. Mandus S. Quebec, age 82, died Sunday afternoon, March 4, 2001, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Center following a brief illness. He was born in Swanton June 13, 1918, son of the late Charles and Victoria (Berger) Quebec. October 21, 1941, he married Rita Moulton. After over 52 years of marriage, Rita died on Feb. 16, 1994. Mandus served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and returned to become a machinist for Union Carbide Consumer Products, where he worked for over 35 years. Mandus loved flying and was a member of the American Legion Post #1 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #758.
He is survived by his five children, David and his wife Dianne Quebec of Fairfax, Deborah and her husband John Hauck of St. Albans Bay, Dean Quebec of San Diego, Calif., Pam and her husband John Sweeney of Fairfield, Kim and her husband Arthur Hughes of St. Albans, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents and his wife he was predeceased by his siblings Rudolph, Milo, Charles, Frank, Clarence "Chummie, " Corrine, Sadie and Elaine.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Brady & Levesque Chapel. Friends may call at the Funeral Home, 86 South Main St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in the Quebec family lot in Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home.
GORDON T. POTTER
EAST BERKSHIRE/WINTER HAVEN, FLA. -- Gordon T. Potter, age 74, died Friday March 2, 2001, at his home in Winter Haven, Fla. following a brief illness.
He was born in East Berkshire Dec. 13, 1926, the son of Myron and Blanche (Coburn) Potter.
Gordon was a former resident of East Berkshire, a member of the First Congregational Church and the Vermont Retired State Employees Association. He was a 1944 graduate of Richford High School and a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII, and a member of the American Legion Post #12 of Richford. After serving in the Navy Gordon owned and operated a dairy farm until 1962. From 1962 until his retirement in 1986 he was employed by the Vermont Department of Forest & Parks as a park ranger at the Grand Isle and Sandbar State Parks. Since his retirement Gordon spent the winters in Florida and summers in Vermont.
He is survived by two sons and their wives, Bruce and Denise Potter of East Berkshire, John and Gail Potter of Hibbing, Minn.; one brother, Earl Potter of Ventura, Calif.; one sister, Doris Farnsworth of Essex Jct., Vt.; six grandchildren, five great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his wife Mabel, a son Alan, and a grandson Jacob.
Friends may call on the family Wednesday from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at the Spears Funeral Home on Dickinson Avenue in Enosburg Falls. Funeral services will then be held at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the Congregational Cemetery in East Berkshire. For those who wish, contributions in his memory may be made to the Berkshire Fire Department, c/o Mrs. Betty Archambault, 3082 Vt. 105, Enosburg Falls, VT 05450.
Spears Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALAN PAUL RAINVILLE
FRANKLIN Alan Paul Rainville, 42, a lifelong resident of this community, died Friday evening, March 2, 2001, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington following a long period of failing health.
Alan was born in St. Albans Aug. 29, 1958, the son of Lucien and Monique (Bouchard) Rainville. He attended Missisquoi Valley Union High School, graduating with the class of 1976. Alan, for the past several years, had been living and working on the family farm on the North Sheldon Road and had a great love for all his heifers. He was a lifelong parishioner of St. Mary's Parish in Franklin.
For several years Alan was very involved with Golden Gloves Boxing and was named State Champion for two years running. He also will be remembered for his great ability to tinker and fix anything that was broken.
In addition to his mother and father, Lucien and Monique Rainville of Franklin, Alan leaves his brothers and sisters, Claude Rainville, his wife Donna and their son John of Tucson, Ariz., Anne Marie Chates, her husband Eric and stepchildren, Nick, Nathan and Bryan Chates of Franklin, Rolland Rainville, his fiancee Jill Chaffee Pigeon, daughter Eva and stepson Zachary Pigeon of Franklin, Mark Rainville, his wife Bonnie, children Brandon, Bradley, Blake and Beau Rainville and stepchild Jacey Rivers (Alan's godchild) of Franklin, Pierre Rainville, his wife Lisa, daughters Katie and Kylie of St. Albans, and Susan Rainville of Franklin. Also surviving are many aunts, uncles, cousins and special friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, March 9, 2001, at 11 a.m. from St. Louis Church, Lamkin St., Highgate Center. Interment will follow in the Rainville family lot in St. Louis Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton Thursday, March 8, 2001, from 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 p.m. Gifts in Alan's memory may be made to Franklin Rescue, c/o Richard Gadbois, Franklin, VT 05457.
ELSIE S. TATRO
ALBURG Mrs. Elsie S. Tatro, 79, the beloved wife and partner of Harland Tatro and a longtime resident of Alburg Village, died Saturday morning, March 3, 2001, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.
Elsie was born in Reading, Pa., the daughter of the late Morris and Beulah (Freyberger) Stump. She graduated from Mt. Penn High School in Pennsylvania and on July 21, 1945, married Harland Tatro who survives her.
For more than 25 years Elsie and Harland together owned and operated the Alburg Auction House and she also served as the business bookkeeper. An active member of the Alburg community, she has been a member of the Alburg Playground Association, American Legion, Creller-Landon Post 60 ladies Auxiliary and served as a town school director and secretary for the Alburg Elementary School. In earlier years she worked for the Chittenden Trust Company and prior to her marriage also worked in the insurance field in Pennsylvania. She was also a member of several Round and Square Dancing Clubs.
She will always be remembered as a fine collector of glass china, glass clowns and glass paperweights. She and Harland also enjoyed playing bridge weekly.
In addition to her husband of 55 years, Elsie leaves three sons, Terry Tatro and his wife Kathy, Ralph Tatro and Timothy Tatro and three grandchildren, Leigh-Anne, Joshua and Kayla Tatro, all of Alburg; a sister, Mrs. Violet Batz and her husband Forrest of the Reading, Pa. Area; three sisters-in-law, Annabelle Stump of Reading, Pa., Valerie Jarvis and Athalie Tatro of Alburg; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Her brother Alton Stump predeceased her.
A memorial service will be held Friday afternoon, March 9, 2001, at 3 p.m. from the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. The family will receive friends in the funeral home immediately following the services. A luncheon reception will also follow at the American Legion Hall on North Main Street in Alburg Village. In lieu of flowers, gifts in Elsie's memory may be made to the Alburg Rescue, c/o Terry Tatro, Alburg, VT 05440.
HAROLD J. MYOTT
RICHFORD -- Harold J. Myott, age 92, died Thursday, March 1, 2001, at the F.A.H.C. in Burlington following a brief illness.
He was born in Fairfield Nov. 18, 1908, the son of George and Jennie (Lucia) Myott.
Harold had been a resident of Richford for the past 28 years where he was employed as custodian at the Richford Elementary School for 12 years, retiring in 1986. He was also a former resident of Franklin, where he owned a dairy farm for several years.
He is survived by several step-grandchildren including Rick Hoy of Richford with whom he made his home; three stepsons, Richard Kidder of Seaside, Ore., James Kidder of Bay City, Ore., and Doug Kidder of Richford; two step-daughters, Andrea Bowden and Georganna Anderson, both of Richford; a nephew Ken Lavalla of Richford; two nieces, Margaret Miller of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Elizabeth Condit of Sandy Hook, Conn.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Richford with Rev. Albert Willette officiating. Interment will be later this spring in the Enosburg Center Cemetery. Friends may call on the family at the Spears Funeral Home, 140 Main St., Richford on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.
MARGUERITE VIRGINIA BROWN (SALISBURY) HUDAK
SWANTON -- A truly saintly lady has departed from our midst. It has been her wish that her departure cause her innumerable friends and relatives a minimum disruption of their lives, so she has requested that there be no funeral or other ceremony relative to her leaving us. Though we recognize her selflessness in making this request, we do so with the knowledge that this is but another aspect of her life - concern for others. That concern has been the hallmark of her life. The individuals, human, animal or vegetable which have come under her influence, have known always her interest in their welfare. This interest has never been affected by the merits or lack of merits of the recipients of her attention. It would be totally futile to try to enumerate those who have benefitted from her tender care. Nor could we assess the void which her departure creates in the lives of her survivors.
Born in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 1917, she graduated from George Washington University in 1941 and began her career of service to others at New York Hospital, where she formed a life partnership with John Hudak. They lived in Vermont for more than fifty years where they raised five children, who are well known in the community. Her full name was Marguerite (from her mother) Virginia Brown (from a dear friend of her mother) Hudak, nee Salisbury. She was better known as Ginny Hudak or just "Ma" Hudak.
MYRON CLARK HUBBERT
FORT COLLINS, COLO. -- Myron Clark Hubbert, age 89, of Fort Collins died Monday, Feb. 26, 2001, at Poudre Valley Hospital. Cremation will take place and a memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2001 at 2 p.m. at Alterra Sterling House, 1002 Rule Dr., in Ft. Collins. His ashes will be buried at a later date in Fairfax, Vt.
Myron was born Nov. 21, 1911 in Stromsburg, Neb. to Henry Hubbert and Neva Josephine Hallquist Hubbert. He graduated from Kearney High School in Kearney, Neb. in 1929 and then in 1934 from Kearney State Teachers College also in Kearney. Myron met his wife, the former Laura Elizabeth Kimball, when they were teachers in Clay Center, Neb. They were married July 10, 1937 in Lafayette, Colo. He also taught in Meeker and Palisade, Colo.
Myron joined the border patrol in 1940 as an officer in Southern Texas. He joined Immigration and Naturalization as an Immigration Investigator and served in Philadelphia before moving to St. Albans in 1946. They lived in Fairfax, Vt. from 1946 until 1997. He attended the United Methodist Church in Fairfax for many years and was a member of the school governing board there for many years. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and archery. Later in life he took up the game of Bridge. He was a 50-year member of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Vermont, Lamoille Lodge #6. He and his wife came to Ft. Collins in August of 1997 from Fairfax, Vt. due to failing health. In his younger years he enjoyed building furniture.
Myron is survived by his wife Laura; his son John (and Evelyn) Hubbert of Fort Collins; his daughter Louise (and David) Decker of Evergreen; his sister Faye Powell of San Jose, Calif.; and a daughter-in-law, Sheila Hubbert of Fairfax, Vt.; ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. His sons Kimball Hubbert and Edmund Hubbert and his brothers Eldon Hubbert preceded him in death.
MARY F. REYNOLDS
St. Albans - Mary F. Reynolds, 75, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 27, 2001 at Northwestern Medical Center. She was born in Bolton, Vermont April 13, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Stella Champney. She was the widow of Seth Reynolds who died in 1980.
Mrs. Reynolds lived with her son and his wife, Clayton and Cayre Reynolds for three years. Prior to that she lived in Bolton most of her life. She was employed in production at Cellucord Wire Manufacturers in Winooski for twenty years. She enjoyed country music, the soap operas, and dancing when she was able.
Survivors include two sons, Clayton and Cayre Reynolds of St. Albans, and Seth and Annette Reynolds of Johnson, a brother, Percy Champney of Tucson, AZ, four grandchildren, Heather Reynolds, Jessica Fuller, Sean Reynolds and Philip Gabbit, four step-grandchildren, Keynesha and Elanie Santor, Josh and Kayla Gabbit, a great granddaughter, Alexandria Faas and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers, Peter, Buck and Walter Champney and two sisters, Margaret and Loretta Champney.
A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00 P.M. in the Cornerstone Community Bible Church in Milton. Pastor Kim Ransom will officiate. There will be no calling hours. Memorials may be sent to Vermont Lung Assoc., 30 Farrell St., So. Burlington, VT 05403-9987. Arrangements are by the Heald Funeral Home, 87 So. Main St., St. Albans.
DOROTHY J. "DOT" (THERRIEN) RUSHFORD
FLETCHER -- Dorothy Jean "Dot" (Therrien) Rushford, age 59 of Fletcher, passed away unexpectedly at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans on Monday, Feb. 26, 2001. She was born on May 6, 1941 in Bristol, Conn., daughter of the late George L. and Harriet (Hutchins) Therrien. She was employed for over 25 years as a custodian with the University of Vermont. Dot was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was the absolute heart and soul of her family, always being there for the times needed most. Her life's riches were invaluable and could be found in her loving children and grandchildren whom she lived her life for. Truly, Dot's children have been blessed with her unconditional love and generations to come will strive to follow her example.
She is survived by her husband Harley D. Rushford, Jr. of Fletcher, three sons, Harley D. Rushford, III of Fletcher, Richard L. Rushford and his wife Astrid of England, Louie Rushford and his wife Mary of Fairfax; two daughters, Debra Thompson and her husband Wayne of Fairfax, Angela Woodward and her husband Brian of Fairfax; three brothers, Louis Therrien and his wife Debby of New York, Kenneth Therrien of Florida, Robert Therrien and his wife Dot of Connecticut; one sister Ruth Labelle and her husband Bud of Connecticut; her father-in-law, Harley D. Rushford, Sr. of St. Albans; eight very special grandchildren; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by a brother, Floyd Therrien and a sister, Shirley Thayer.
Visiting hours will be held at the Hayes-Rich Funeral Home on Thursday, March 1, 2001, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held in The United Church of Fairfax on Friday, March 2, 2001, at 10 a.m. with Reverend Elizabeth Griffin officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in Binghamville Cemetery, Fletcher. Memorial contributions may be made in Dot's memory to Vermont National MS Society, 100 Dorset St., Suite #12, South Burlington, VT 05403. Arrangements are by the Hayes-Rich Funeral Home, 1176 Main Street, Fairfax.
LILLIAN D. TARTE
PHOENIX ARIZ./ST. ALBANS, VT. -- Mrs. Lillian Demers Tarte, age 92, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001, in Phoenix, following an extended illness.
She was born in Fall River, Mass., May 15, 1908, daughter of the late Eli and Alma (Raymond) Demers. She moved to St. Albans as a young girl and married Sylvio E. Tarte on Aug. 28, 1928. Mr. Tarte died Jan. 31, 1971. For the past 20 years she has made her home in Phoenix with her daughter Dr. Claire Tarte.
Her survivors include her daughters, Jeannine Pouliot of South Hadley Falls, Mass., Dr. Claire Tarte-Yeo and her husband Grant Yeo of Phoenix, Ariz., sons, Normand and his wife Martha Tarte of Swanton, Fernand John Tarte of Phoenix, Ariz., Roger and his wife Geraldine Tarte of Los Banos, Calif., Maurice Tarte of Freemont, Calif., 12 grandchildren, 17 great grandcihldren, several nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, Sylvio and her parents, she was predeceased by her son-in-law, Richard Pouliot, sister Mae Rainville, brothers Adrien Demers, Rodius Demers and Eli Demers, Jr.
Private funeral services will be held with burial to follow in the Tarte family lot in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in St. Albans. Remembrances may be made in masses or to the American Heart Association, PO Box 485, Williston, VT 05495. Local arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home.
