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Hazel A. Loomis
MIDDLE GRANVILLE, N.Y. — Hazel A. Loomis, 83, died Feb. 10, 2001, at the Hallmark Nursing Centre, where she had lived for three years.
She was born Jan. 28, 1918, in Brattleboro, Vt., the daughter of Noel and Mary (Murray) Nichols.
She attended school in Brattleboro and Castleton, Vt.
She married Charles H. Loomis on Oct. 12, 1935. He died in 1995.
Mrs. Loomis worked for many years at the Indian River Nursing Home in Granville.
She attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. She was a member and past president of the Granville Chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Survivors include two sons, Duane R. Loomis of Hartford and Bruce E. Loomis of Granville; a brother, Leo Nichols of Syracuse; a sister, Pauline Marzola of Glens Falls; 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, and nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by a son, Robert C. Loomis; her daughter, Shirley M. Brown; her brother, Carl Nichols, and two sisters, Rita Scoville and Marion Maille.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Robert M. King Funeral Home in Granville, with the Rev. Thomas Zelker presiding. Burial will be at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Middle Granville at a later date.
Friends may call today from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to the Adirondack Branch Office, NENY Alzheimer’s Association, 71 Glenwood Ave., Queensbury, N.Y., 12804.
Diane W. Mattoon
VERSHIRE — Diane W. Mattoon, 53, died of cancer Feb. 9, 2001, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
She was born March 7, 1947, in Lebanon, daughter of Earle and Lois (Ingalls) Winget.
She graduated from Hartford High School in 1965 and attended nursing school in Boston. She finished her nurse’s training at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, N.H.
She married Floyd S. “Butch” Mattoon Dec. 16, 1972, in Orford, N.H. They lived in Vershire their entire married lives.
Mrs. Mattoon was a nursing supervisor at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph and worked at the hospital for more than 28 years. She also worked on and off for the Visiting Nurse Alliance of Orford.
She was a member of the Vershire Bible Church and a volunteer for the Vershire Fast Squad.
She enjoyed gardening, sewing, quilting and listening to the Boston Red Sox.
She is survived by her husband of Vershire; a son, David Mattoon of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two daughters, Donna Harley of Chelsea and Ginger Reade of Hartford; two sisters, Ellen Swasey of White River Junction and Linda Winget of Hartford; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Vershire Bible Church, with Pastor Gary Rhodes officiating. The committal service will be held at a later date in the Vershire Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Contributions may be made to an education fund for Mrs. Mattoon’s grandchildren and mailed to 154 Durgin Hill Rd., Vershire, 05079.
T. Frances Shouldice
MONTPELIER — T. Frances Shouldice, 82, of Freedom Drive in Montpelier died Feb. 11, 2001 after a short stay at the Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vt.
Frances was born Jan. 11, 1919 in Rutland, Vt., the daughter of Senator William J. Burke and Theresa Hanley Burke. She attended the one-room elementary school house in Rutland Town and graduated from Rutland High School.
She married William Shouldice Jr. on Oct. 14, 1942, and traveled with him during his military duty. He died on Feb. 13, 1986. After the war, they returned to Rutland where she started her career in the fashion industry. She remained in this industry after they moved their family to Montpelier. Frances was well know as the buyer/manager of the original Peter Glenn Ski Shop.
Frances was a parishioner of St. Augustine’s Church; her life was filled with joy for her family and friends. She was a champagne and flower lady.
She is survived by her son William C. Shouldice III and his wife Carole of East Montpelier; her daughter Kathryn and her husband Vincent Cartularo of Burlington; six grandchildren, Shawn A. and her husband Robert Banfield of Montpelier, William C. Shouldice IV and his wife Susan of Rutland, Heather F. Shouldice of Montpelier, Edward J. Clark and partner Catherine Cleary of Decatur, Ga., Jason B. Clark of Burlington, Kara A. and husband Jason Strempeck of South Burlington; seven great-grandchildren, William J., Caitlin H.F. and Erin B. Banfield, William C. the fifth, Colleen E. and Emma C. Shouldice, Ellen A. Cleary; one brother Barry Burke of Rutland Town; four sisters, Carmen McDonald of Portland, Maine, Wilma and her husband James Selleck, of Rutland, Eileen Hadeka of Poultney, Vt., Doreen Beauchamp of Rutland; many nieces and nephews and her special friends.
She was predeceased by brothers William Burke and Gerald Burke and sisters Geraldine McGarry and Dolores Burke.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at 11 a.m. in St. Augustine’s Church. Friends may join the family at 10 a.m. for prayers at the Barber & Lanier Funeral Home and then proceed to the church. Spring burial will be in the Doty Cemetery in East Montpelier.
Calling hours Monday are from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Barber & Lanier Funeral Home, 139 Main St., Montpelier. Memorial contributions may be made in the name of Frances to Evergreen Unit of Woodridge Nursing Home, P.O. Box 550, Barre, VT, 05641, or St. Michael’s School, 16 Barre St., Montpelier, VT, 05601.
Deep appreciation is extended to the nursing staff of the Evergreen Unit at Woodridge Nursing Home for the care, compassion and sensitivity provided to Frances and her family.
Marjorie A. Pierce
NORTH SHREWSBURY - Marjorie Anna Pierce, 97, died Feb. 21, 2001, at Rutland Regional Medical Center after a short illness.
She was born May 1, 1903, the daughter of Will and Gertrude (Spaulding) Pierce.
Miss Pierce graduated from Rutland High School in 1921 and from the University of Vermont in 1925. She also studied at McGill University and the Sorbonne.
She taught school in Vermont and Massachusetts for more than 30 years. She returned to Shrewsbury to work in the family store and continued to work there until its closure in 1993.
Miss Pierce was very active in the community.
She deeded her home and store to the Preservation Trust of Vermont in the hopes that its history would be preserved for generations to come.
Survivors include cousins and many close friends.
She was predeceased by three brothers, Gilford, Gordon and Glendon Pierce; and by a sister, Marion Pierce.
There will be a memorial service in North Shrewsbury in May.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Marjorie Pierce Scholarship Fund, in care of Virginia Buckley, 1232 Russellville Road, Shrewsbury, 05738. The fund will benefit a Shrewsbury student pursuing higher education,
The Tossing Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
June A. Buck
June Anketell Buck, 83, of Rutland Town, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001, at the Pleasant Manor Nursing Home.
She was born June 3, 1917, in New Haven, Conn., daughter of Edward Norton and Mabel (Wadsworth) Anketell.
Mrs. Buck graduated from Hillhouse High School and Stone Business College in New Haven, Conn.
She worked for the Internal Revenue Service and for the Army Corps of Engineers in the Guam District Office during 1947-1948. She was a resident of Hingham, Mass., from 1950-1975, at which time she retired to the family Homestead in Rutland Town.
Mrs. Buck was married to Donald Liba Buck. He died in 1979.
She was a member of Grace Congregational United Church of Christ, and a past church trustee and deaconess; a member of the DAR, and the Rutland Historical Society.
Mrs. Buck was an avid golfer, and member of the Proctor-Pittsford and Rutland Golf Clubs.
Survivors include a son, Cary Wadsworth Buck of North Clarendon, Vt.; two daughters, Gail Mills Buck of Mendon, Vt., and Barbara Kinsman Buck (Cohen) of Rutland, Vt.; grandchildren, Donald Whitcomb Buck Pratt and Whitney Wadsworth Buck Pratt of Mendon, Vt., Alix Anketell Cohen and Robert Buck Cohen of Rutland, Vt.; and nieces and nephews in Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Oklahoma and New York.
The memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001, at 3 p.m. at Grace Congregational United Church of Christ with the Rev. Robert B. Curry, pastor, officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rutland County Humane Society, P.O. Box 558, Pittsford, Vt., 05763.
Tossing Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Darla A. Ricard
BRANDON - Darla Anne Ricard, 37, died Feb. 20, 2001, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.
She was born Jan. 19, 1964, in Middlebury, daughter of Byron and Carla (Schroeder) Ricard.
She was educated in the Brandon schools and graduated from Otter Valley Union High School in 1982.
She worked for Metromail in Rutland for several years before caring for an elderly person in Forest Dale. She later worked as an aid at Neshobe Elementary School in Forest Dale until she retired in 1988 due to an illness.
Survivors include her parents of Forest Dale; her paternal grandmother, Eleanor Ricard of Forest Dale; a brother, Manuel L. Ricard of Forest Dale; three sisters, Laura Kenyon and Amy Frederick, both of Forest Dale and Lorna Beth Morrison of Hydeville; her fiance, Donald A. Dowling of Rutland; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon with the Rev. Richard White, pastor of the Brandon Congregational Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery receiving vault. A private graveside committal service and burial will be held in Forest Dale Cemetery at a later date.
Friends may call Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Rutland Mental Health Services, 78 South Main St., Rutland, 05701, or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 114 Perimeter Road, Unit G&H, Nashua, N.H., 03063.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.
Robert W. Shannon rites
Funeral services for Robert W. Shannon, 73, of Rutland, and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, who died Friday evening, Feb. 16, 2001, at his home, were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Grace Congregational United Church of Christ with the Rev. Mark Pitton, associate pastor, officiating. Burial was in East Clarendon Cemetery with the Rev. Pitton reading the prayers of the burial service.
Words of remembrance were by Joseph Trapeni Jr. and written by Christopher Trapeni, a nephew and Erica Manney, a granddaughter.
Bearers were Joseph Trapeni Jr. of Alexandria, Va., Richard Williams of Springfield, Richard Hancsarik of North Clarendon, Jimmy Shannon Jr. of Mounds, Okla., Richard Greene of Glens Falls, N.Y., and Steven Thompson of Rutland.
Military services were provided by American Legion Post 31 with James Burke making the presentation of the flag to the family. Sounding taps was Matthew Manney, a grandson.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Clifford Funeral Home.
Lucy H. Remington rites
The funeral service for Lucy H. Remington, 97, of Rutland, who died Feb. 19, 2001, at Eden Park Nursing Home, was held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Clifford Funeral Home with the Rev. George Gustke, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church on Woodstock Avenue in Rutland, officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford at a later date.
Edith I. Lowell
BRANDON - The funeral for Edith Irene Lowell, 71, who died Feb. 20, 2001, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon with the Rev. Richard White, pastor of the Brandon Congregational Church, officiating. A private graveside committal service and burial will be held in Pine Hill Cemetery at a later date.
Friends may call Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.
Caroline E. Simonds rites
CLARENDON - The funeral for Caroline Elizabeth Simonds, 77, who died Feb. 16, 2001, was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Aldous Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Mattison, assistant pastor at Christ the King Church, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Green Mountain Chapter, P.O. Box 1139, Montpelier.
Lois M. Generess rites
NORTH CLARENDON - The funeral service for Lois M. Generess, 64, who died Feb. 19, 2001, was held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Tossing Funeral Home with the Rev. Edward A. Hackett Jr., pastor of the United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in East Clarendon Cemetery.
Bearers were Howard Lear, Fred Dragalin and Ken Hart, all of Rutland, and Angelo Tiraboschi of Bomoseen.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Tossing Funeral Home.
Peter Augustine Murray
CHESTER - Peter Augustine Murray Life Summary: On Sunday morning, February 18, 2001, Peter Augustine Murray was called home to God. Though unexpected, his passing was as he lived his life ... in peace.
Peter Augustine Murray was born on November, 20, 1933, in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas J. and Catharine Hanley Murray.
He leaves behind his wife Nikki Geannelis and daughter Hanley Murray. His other children include Peter Murray, Paula Philbrick, Jodie Rand, Jackie Murray and five grandchildren.
While residing in Chester, Vermont, (as he did in Somerville, Massachusetts, where Peter was born and raised), he and his wife Nikki gave of their home as a spiritual retreat, aiding hundreds of people who simply asked for the help. Truly one of God's instruments, Peter was a cherished gift to all the lives he touched, which were many and far-reaching. As a spiritual advisor, he shared his wisdom and a very special connection with his friend God to anyone who asked. He loved his work and he loved all the many spirits who blessed his life through his dedication to their well-being. His passion in life to helping others is a legacy he leaves to his wife Nikki and their child Hanley to carry on. Peter's spirit will continue to help his family and friends from his new home in heaven.
As he wished, there will be no funeral, but rather a "Going Home" party to celebrate Peter's life. In fact, there will be two parties, so that all who wish can come and honor this very special man, this beloved child of God. Please join us in Massachusetts, on Saturday, February 24, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., where Peter will be honored at St. Anne's Hall in Somerville located on 50 Thurston Street; Or/and join us in Vermont, on Sunday, March 4, for a second "Going Home" party that will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Masonic Temple on Main Street in Chester.
Donations can be made to The Peter Murray Memorial Fund, which will allow Nikki and Hanley to carry on Peter's dream: to aid anyone in need who simply asks for help. Please send contributions to The Chittenden Bank, P.O. Box 462, Chester, Vermont, 05143-9269. Wife: Nikki Geannelis 38 Vt. Rt. 11 W Chester, Vermont 05143 (802) 875-4800 Crematorium: Tom Robinson, The Eternal Flame, Brattleboro, Vt. (802) 254-3508.
