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M.J. DOROTHY SCANLON
ST. ALBANS - A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 2 p.m. in Holy Angels Church with Father Jean Paul LaPlante as the celebrant. Assisting Father LaPlante at the altar were Norman Bushey and Russell Porwitzky. Readings from scripture were read by Sister Cecile Lebeau. Mary Jo Gillilan was the organist and soloist.
The pall was placed on Dot’s casket by her daughter, Jessica Scanlon and her fiancé, Jesse Corliss. Offertory gifts were presented by Evelyn and Robert Ashline. Words of remembrance were read by Jessica Scanlon and Jesse Corliss on behalf of Dot’s special friend Gary Cherrier. A poem in memory of Dot was read by sister Cecile Lebeau. An honor guard was present from the American Legion Post 1.
Dorothy was brought by horse drawn wagon to the church and cemetery, with horses Abe and Chester driven by special friend Gary Cherrier. Assisting Gary with the horses were Wayne Carpenter and Lindsay Baden. Casket bearers were Albert Wells, Kathy Smith, Guy Corbeil, Stan Putnam, Jamie Lapan, and Jimmy Carpenter. Honorary bearers were D.D. Paquette, Raymond Levesque and Francis Putnam.
Delegations in attendance were from Fonda, Northwestern Medical Center, Franklin County Home Health, and the Laconia Crew.
Interment was in the Scanlon family lot in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Following the prayers of committal by Father LaPlante, full military honors were presented by the Vermont Army and Air Force National Guard. The American flag of the U.S. Army Veteran was presented to her daughter by NCIC SFC. Frank Bell. The flag was folded by SFC. Frank Bell and SFC. Linda Walker. The firing squad was Army Guard S/SGT Eugene Wells, CW2 Doris Sumner, SPC Amy Anderson, and MSG Kelly Jo Miller of the Air National Guard. Taps was played by bugler S/SGT Chad Jenkins.
Tuesday evening Father Maurice Roy conducted a Christian Wake Service with Dot’s family and friends in the Brady & Levesque Funeral Chapel.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
LAURETTE M. YANDOW
SWANTON / ST. ALBANS - Mrs. Laurette M. Yandow, age 81, died Monday, June 5, 2006, in Swanton at the home of her daughter.
She was born in St. Joachim La Plaine, Quebec, Jan. 16, 1925, daughter of the late Athanase and Marie-Anne (Major) Ouimet. On Oct. 25, 1947, she married Michael W. Yandow. They were married for 45 years before Mr. Yandow died June 27, 1992. They operated a dairy farm on the Dunsmore Road for many years. She was a communicant of Holy Angels Church and often attended St. Anne's Shrine in Isle La Motte.
Her survivors include her six children and their spouses, Roland and Connie Yandow of Morgan, Gerard and Kathleen Yandow of St. Albans Town, Michael Yandow of Swanton, Armand Yandow of Swanton, Therese and Marcel Moreau of Swanton, Louise and Mark Rocheleau of Highgate; nine grandchildren, Morgan Yandow, Colleen Yandow, Nathan Yandow, Lynde Yandow, Ashley Yandow Allison Yandow, Dawn and her husband, Scott King, Jayson Yandow, Barry Loomis; a great-granddaughter, Leah King; a brother, Albert and his wife, Madelyn Ouimet of Terrebonne, Que.; and several nieces and nephews. Laurette was pre-deceased by three brothers Laurent, Gabriel and Jean-Jaque and two sisters Monique and Therese.
A special thanks to Denise and Debbie of the Franklin County Home Health for their tender loving care.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, June 9, 2006, at 10 a.m. in Holy Angels Church. There will be no public calling hours. Interment will be in the Yandow family lot in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Franklin County Home Health Agency, 3 Home Health Circle, St. Albans.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
CHARLES MASHTARE
GEORGIA - Charles Mashtare, 72, a longtime area resident, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2006, at the home of Raymond and Claudette Pigeon, his care givers for the past several years. He was born in North Hero, Vt. on Jan. 24, 1934, the son of the late Francis and Flossie (Dewyea) Mashtare.
Charles spent most of his working life as a farmer, working for several different farms in the area. He enjoyed fishing and gardening.
Survivors include his caregivers, Raymond and Claudette Pigeon of Georgia; and his friends at the C&R Care Home in Georgia.
At Charles’ request there will be no services. Interment will with his parents in North Hero.
BERNIECE R. KIROUAC
ST. ALBANS - Mrs. Berniece Rita Kirouac, age 80, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Northwestern Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born Sept. 9, 1925, in Holden, Mass., daughter of the late Nelson Provost Sr.
and Margaret (Cote) Provost. She married Albert Kirouac, June 20, 1942.
She worked for over 30 years for Fonda Container as a machine tender, retiring in 1987. She was a member of the United Paper Workers International Union Local 345, and the Ladies of St. Anne. She was a communicant of Holy Angels Church. Berniece loved camping, crossword puzzles, watching her grandchildren playing sports, and bowling in her younger years.
Berniece is survived by her husband of 63 years, Albert Kirouac Sr.; her three children, Anita Brown and her husband, Donald of Plainfield, N.H., Karen Gonyeau of Georgia, and Albert Kirouac Jr., of Sheldon Springs; her grandchildren, Charlotte and Aaron Brown, Christopher Gonyeau and his wife, Heather S. Gonyeau, Heather M. Gonyeau, Katie and Hunter Kirouac; great-grandchildren, Nora and Cael Gonyeau; a sister, Beatrice Boutwell of Newport, N.H.; a brother, Nelson Provost Jr. of Swanzey, N.H.; sisters-in-law, Yvonne Ouellette and her husband, Henry of Plaistow, N.H., Charice Lord of Orlando, Fla.; a brother-in-law, Alfred E. Kirouac and his wife, Iona of Hisperia, Calif.; several nieces, nephews, cousins; and dear friend, Trudy Swoyer of St. Albans. She was predeceased by her parents; a son, Brian Kirouac; a sister, Margaret Burke; and her son-in-law, Gary Gonyeau.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2 p.m. in Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church. Interment will follow in
the Kirouac family lot in Mount Calvary Cemetery. There will be no public
visiting hours.
Memorials may be made to the Ladies of St. Anne, 18 Smith Drive, St. Albans, Vt. 05478.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
EDWARD SHERBURNE DOUBLEDAY
Edward Sherburne “Sherb” Doubleday, 90, a longtime resident of Newport and well-known businessman, passed away peacefully at North Country Hospital on Thursday, June 1, 2006, following a brief illness.
Known by most for his quiet, friendly demeanor, Sherb, in all his endeavors, strictly adhered to his conservative values and his preservationist attitudes, ever mindful of his concerns over our environment and his love for small town America. He truly was a “Vermont’s Vermonter” in every way.
Sherb was born in Montpelier on June 6, 1915, the first child of Glenn Azro and Alice (Sherburne) Doubleday. Some years later, the family moved to St. Albans where Sherb and his brother, the late Glenn Azro “Jack” Doubleday, assisted their father in the operation of G.A. Doubleday Furniture Store, a fixture business in town for many decades, while enjoying their many summers swimming, boating, fishing, and frequenting nearby girls’ camps while at their home at Hathaway’s Point on Lake Champlain. Sherb graduated from Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans in June 1933, and in the fall of 1934 he entered the University of Maine, Orono, from which he graduated in 1938 with a B.S. in forestry. While there he was elected to membership in the highly selective Xi Sigma Pi National Forestry Society. It was there, perhaps, that he was first made aware of the definition of a virgin forest “One in which the hand of man has never set foot.” It may also have been the place where Sherb developed his own personal Will Rogers paraphrased motto: “I never met a maple tree or sugar maker I didn’t like.”
With his college degree well in hand, Sherb entered the work force, first as a Field Supervisor, Highway Beautification for the Vermont State Highway Department, and later as an engineering draftsman for Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Company in Springfield, Vt.
On June 27, 1942, he married Olive Jenne at the Episcopal Church in Newport. He and Olive were the loves of each other’s lives, soulmates, confidants, and inseparable friends throughout their 47 years of marriage, until “death do us part” became a sad reality with Olive’s passing in November, 1999. They were blessed with two daughters, Gail and Joan.
In 1946 Olive, Sherb, and Gail moved to Newport where Sherb began work as Vice-President of American Maple Products Corp., working alongside a man he admired greatly, his father-in-law Frank Jenne, Founder and president of the company, former mayor of Newport, and highly respected member of the Newport community. In 1965 Sherb assumed the presidency of the company and operated it most successfully until his retirement in 1985. It was in Newport that Olive and Sherb’s second child Joan was born.
Sherb believed emphatically in giving to the community and its citizens. He was a former member of the Newport Rotary Club, the Masonic Lodge, past Chairman of the Newport City School Board, a charter contributor to the initial development of Jay Peak, and trustee of the Orleans County Historical Society. In his characteristic quiet way and without a great need for recognition or fanfare, Sherb was a frequent contributor to many of his favorite entities and institutions, such as North Country Hospital, the United Church of Newport, the Salvation Army, Orleans County Historical Society, the Alzheimer’s Foundation, and the American Red Cross. His contribution of several maple trees to the City of Newport bore witness to his love of forestry, the maple industry, and the environment. He and Olive contributed the carved granite marker, which stands high over the cemetery on East Main Street.
Sherb was a member of the Vermont Maple Industry Council, the Vermont Maple Sugarmakers Association, and the North American Maple Syrup Council. He was also the New England Editor and contributing columnist to the Maple Syrup Digest, the official publication of the North American Maple Industry. In May 1992, Sherb was elected to the American Maple Museum Hall of Fame in Croghan, N.Y.
Other than his family and his work, Sherb had two abiding loves: boating on his beloved Lake Memphremagog and the American railroad system. For many years he was a director of the Newport and Richford Railroad Company, a division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. On repeated occasions, he and Olive took cross-country railroad journeys through the American and Canadian Rockies and on to California or British Columbia. One of his favorite things to do was to journey far and wide to photograph vintage steam engines and passenger coaches. Such was his love for this wonderful American transportational institution.
Sherb was the consummate family man, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. His most cherished moments came at holiday times when his entire family was gathered around him. His warm charm and true Vermont persona never emerged more vividly than at those times. His first function at a holiday feast was to say the blessing, which he did with sincere joy and humility, always ending, not with a customary “Amen,” but with a questioning and deferential “Okay?” as if he were saying, “God, we know you’re awfully busy with all you have to do, so if we’re asking too much, we’re really sorry.” His simple “okay” was a never-ending source of grandchildren’s and even great-grandchildren’s giggles of joy. After the feast, he would be coaxed into doing a rendition of the “Railroad Song,” which always brought a raft of laughter no matter how many times it had been heard before. ‘Grandad’ and ‘Great-Grandad’ was much loved by those whom he loves so dearly.
His philosophy, developed through his innate fondness of nature and his work, was simple, yet profound: “I believe that all human and financial resources available to the maple industry should be directed towards protecting the earth’s environment from man’s polluting ways. Otherwise, the habitat for man, maple trees, and all other living things will be destroyed and discussion of all other problems will be merely academic.”
Sherb is survived by his daughters, Gail Ames and her husband, Roger of Newport, and Joan Kelly and her husband, Timothy of East Freedom, Pa; by grandchildren, Jennifer (Ames) Bailey and her husband, Russell of Delmar, N.Y., Edward Ames and his wife, Helen of New York City, Christopher Ames and his wife, Darcy of Fort Myers, Fla., Matthew Kelley of Alexandria, Va., and Jeffrey Kelly of Sherman, Texas; and his beloved great-grandchildren, Michael Bailey, Katie Bailey, Maggie Bailey, Jackson Ames, and Harrison Ames. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Jean Doubleday of Arlington, Va.; and his nieces, Nancy (Doubleday) Demerit and her husband, Christopher of Arlington, Va., and Sally (Doubleday) Endriz and her husband, John of San Francisco, Calif.
A memorial service will be held at the Gateway Center in Newport on Friday, June 16, 2006 at 2 p.m. A reception will be held immediately following the service. This is a place Sherb would have selected himself with its nearness to his beloved Lake Memphremagog and to the tracks he often rode upon in his younger days and, later on, a part of the scenery he used for his great railroad photography. Burial will take place at the East Main Street cemetery at 4:30 p.m. following the service.
Should friends desire, contributions in Sherb’s memory may be made to the North Country Hospital Renal Dialysis, C/O Wendy Franklin, Development Office, 189 Prouty Drive, Newport, Vt. 05855.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Homes, locally family owned and operated.
ELENA MARY CLARK
ST. ALBANS - Mrs. Elena M. Clark, age 81, died Saturday evening, June 3, 2006, in Haven Health Care Center. She was born May 16, 1925, in Portland, Maine, daughter of the late Agosttino and Jiovannina (Amatruda) Tirabassi.
She married Mr. Gerald Clark. She worked as a supervisor in the purchasing department for Snap On Tools retiring in 1998.
She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Agostina Hennessey of St. Albans; a niece, Helen Grell Rolante and her husband, John of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and several cousins. She was predeceased by her parents, and husband Gerald.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Angels Church with Father Jean Paul LaPlante as the celebrant. Interment will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
ARLENE R. RICCIARELLI
MONTPELIER - Arlene R. Ricciarelli, 77, died Thursday evening at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, after a long illness. Arlene, who was born July 2,1928, in Montpelier, was the daughter of Edward T. and Ethel G. (Long) Ryan.
She graduated from Montpelier High School in 1946. She was married in Montpelier on Aug. 18, 1951, to John W. Ricciarelli.
Arlene was employed by National Life for seven years; by the State of Vermont Personnel Department from 1955 to 1979 and the Department of Transportation from 1979 to 1988.
She lived in Montpelier until 1990, when she moved to St. Albans until 2000, when she entered a nursing home. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier, Senior Citizens, AARP and the Retired State Employees Association.
Arlene is survived by her daughter, Darlene M. Wright of St. Albans; son, Michael J. Ricciarelli of Montpelier; grandsons, Jason and Justin Wright, Jesse and John Ricciarelli; and great-grandson, Damian Ryan Ricciarelli.
She is predeceased by her husband, John, who died in 1986; brothers, Thomas A. Ryan, Edward Ryan, Ralph A. Ryan and George Ryan; and sisters Laura E. Whitehead, Doris M. Jenne, Violet Ryan and Lucy Ryan.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 10 a.m. in the Barber & Lanier Funeral Home, 139 Main St., Montpelier. Burial will be in the Berlin Corners Cemetery. Calling hours are today, June 5, from 7-9 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 172 North Main St., Barre, Vt. 05641.
ETHEL C. BAKER
HIGHGATE FALLS - Mrs. Ethel C. Baker, 96, a longtime St. Albans and Highgate resident, passed away Friday morning, June 2, 2006, at the home of her daughter Nancy and son-in-law Romeo Boyer, with family at her side following a 15 year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a communicant of St. Louis Roman Catholic Church in Highgate Center, a member of the Ladies of St. Anne, Highgate Historical Society and the American Association of Retired Persons.
She was born in St. Albans on Feb. 7, 1910, the daughter of the late Walter Emerick and Nellie May Campbell. At a very young age she lost her father to Tuberculosis. Her mother later remarried and she became the stepdaughter of William Elder Beeler. She loved him dearly and she remained his only child.
Ethel graduated from the former St. Albans High School, Class of 1928 and won many awards for her penmanship. She also attended the Bay Path Institute Business School in Massachusetts and was later employed for many years in the office of the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery.
On Oct. 21, 1936, in St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church in Fairfax, she was married to Oscar J. Baker who predeceased her on June 12, 1980.
Ethel was a quite person who always had a beautiful smile, which was something that even Alzheimer’s could not take from her. She enjoyed walking, watching the birds, drives in the country, trips to the ocean in Maine (both as a child and in later years), and special trips to Florida to visit her son and other relatives there.
Ethel is survived by her daughter, Nancy and her husband, Romeo Boyer of Highgate Falls; her son, David Baker and his wife, Cora of New Smyrna, Fla. and Highgate Falls; grandchildren, Carolyn and her husband, Paul Drumheller of Lovingston, Va., Jennifer and her husband, Gary Pecor of Swanton, Stephen Boyer of Highgate Falls, Ann Baker of Lake Helen, Fla. and David Baker Jr. and his wife, Yolanda of New Smyrna, Fla.; great-grandchildren, Anthony and Allyssa Airoldi, Mary Jane (Boyer) Pecor, Beth Kenz, Amanda and Garron Baker, Melissa Baker and Matthew Drumheller; also step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Shirley Baker of Rutland; as well as several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents, Ethel was predeceased by her mother and father-in-law, George and Carolyn Baker; sisters-in-law, Merilyn, Yvonne (Belle) Baker and Bertha and husband, Calvin Baker; and a brothers-in-law, Warren and Calno Baker.
The family wishes to thank the Franklin County Home Health Agency for the excellent care given to Ethel. Especially, Sophia Greenia, Theresa Bolt and Lynne Marie Villareal as well as nurses, Dale Walsh, Samantha Mitchell and Deb Currier. We also thank her personal caregivers, Pula Pier, Loretta King, Kim Mumley.
We also give special recognition to a special great-grandson, Anthony Airoldi, who provided much love, support and assistance to Ethel, her caregivers and family.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 11 a.m. from St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Lamkin Street, Highgate Center. Father John J. Meagher, SSE will be the celebrant and homilist. Interment will follow in the Baker family lot in St. Anthony Cemetery, Sheldon Springs. Relatives and friends may call at the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Ave., Swanton on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, from 3 to 7 p.m.
Gifts in Mrs. Baker’s memory may be made to the Franklin County Home Health Agency, 3 Home health Circle, St. Albans 05478; or to the Alzheimer’s Association, (for prevention, cure or treatment for dementing illnesses), 172 North Main St., Barre 05461-4124.
EMILY ANN CASSIDY
GRAND ISLE - Emily Ann Cassidy, 74 of Moccasin Avenue, died peacefully Sunday morning, June 4, 2006, in Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.
Emily was born Feb. 17, 1932, in Southbury, Conn., the daughter of the late Frank and Hazel Miller Metcalf. She was married to Charles J. Cassidy who predeceased her on Oct. 10, 1981.
There will be no visiting hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 11 a.m. in St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in South Hero. Burial will follow in the Grand Isle Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Grand Isle Rescue Squad, P.O Box 79, Grand Isle, Vt. 05458.
Arrangements are by the Minor Funeral Home of Milton.
