William Peter Spinner
Oct 21, 2020
William Peter Spinner (Bill) fell asleep in death on Oct 21,2020 at the age of 78. Bill was a long time resident of Bennington, VT. Bill was born on July 9, 1942 in Boston, MA, to the late William and Dorothy (Reithwisch) Spinner. At age 15, Bill, his younger brother and his mother moved to her native Iowa after the...
Eleanor Elizabeth Brown (Daniels)
Oct 17, 2020
Eleanor Elizabeth Brown, age 99, a resident of Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020 following a long illness. Eleanor was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on March 7, 1921, and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Bernice (MacIntyre) Daniels. She received her education in North Adams Schools. She is the widow of Everett...
John Michael Scutt
Oct 16, 2020
John Michael Scutt (or "Ralph Ledermeyer Lipschitz" as he would often introduce himself), proud father, grandfather, husband, friend, and stranger to no one, passed away comfortably at home on Friday, October 16, 2020 after a brave fight against pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his army of loving family and friends, which he had so many. John was a resident...
Lucille C. Leamon (Chaffin)
Oct 16, 2020
Lucille C. Leamon, 93, a resident of Loomis Lakeside at Reed's Landing in Springfield, MA, passed away on October 16, 2020. Born in Eminence, Missouri on October 2, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Homer G. Chaffin and Christine (Franzen) Chaffin. Lucille received her early education in Marshfield and Seymour, Missouri and was a graduate of Drury University...
Jacqueline Elaine "Jackie" Lacross (Lacross)
Oct 15, 2020
POWNAL Jacqueline "Jackie" LaCross, 26, a resident of Sparrows Way, Pownal, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at her residence. Born in Albany, NY on March 29, 1994 she was the daughter of Michelle Lee Violette and Robert LaCross. Jackie attended Catamount and Molly Stark elementary and Mt. Anthony Middle and High schools in Bennington. Disabled since birth, Jackie...
Ida Jane Whitman (Cook)
Oct 14, 2020
Ida June Whitman, 77 years old, passed away peacefully, going to her eternal home in heaven on October 14, 2020 at Albany Medical Center with her daughter Rose Wanda Carey by her Mom's bedside as her Mom passed. Ida was a resident of Washington and Elm Retirement Home on Elm St. in Benn. Ida was born on November 14, 1942...
Leon J. Galli
Oct 13, 2020
Leon J. Galli, 73, a resident of Manchester, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at his residence following a brief illness. Born in Bennington on March 2, 1947, he was the son of the late John and Betty (Chapman) Galli. Leon received his education in the Arlington schools and was a graduate of Arlington Memorial High School. In earlier years he...
Barbara R. Tremblay (Bates)
Oct 12, 2020
Barbara R. Tremblay, wife of Neil W. Tremblay Jr., 85, a resident of Lincoln Street, died unexpectedly of natural causes at her home on Monday, October 12, 2020. Born in Cambridge, NY on June 26, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Barbara (Guber) Bates. She received her education in the Cambridge schools. Barbara and Neil were...
Ruth Ramsay Yanne (Ramsay)
Oct 7, 2020
Manchester, VT Ruth R. Yanne was born in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, to Charles F. and Elizabeth B. Ramsay, in a year that she preferred not to publicize. An only child, her parents owned and ran the Ramsay movie theatre in town. She lived for most of her life in Longmeadow, Mass., and died in Manchester, VT on October 3, 2020. She...
Mark A. Dillard (Dillard)
Oct 5, 2020
Mark Anthony Dillard, Jr., 35, a resident of Gage Street in Bennington, died on Monday, October 5, 2020 unexpectedly. Mark was born in Pittsfield, MA on August 12, 1985, and was the son of Mark Dillard, Sr. and Sherri Daniels, who survive. Mark enjoyed fishing, outdoors, music and was a free spirit. He was an avid NY Yankees and NY...
Robert Allen Horton
Oct 5, 2020
Ret. Colonel Robert Allen Horton 80, beloved husband, father, grandfather, passed away quietly in Vero Beach Florida, on Tuesday October 5, 2020, due to complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was the son of Irene and Howard Horton and was born on December 5, 1939 in Providence Rhode Island. Robert is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Carole-Lee Horton...
Rev. Vincent J. Coppola
Oct 2, 2020
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Rev. Vincent J. Coppola, C.S.C., 57, died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., on Friday, October 2, 2020. Fr. Coppola was born April 15, 1963, in Elmhurst, N.Y. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Queens College, Queens, N.Y., and his M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., in...
Faye Elizabeth Hardy (Lebarron)
Oct 1, 2020
Faye Elizabeth Hardy, 78, a resident of Harvest Hills Drive, Shaftsbury, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 1, 2020. Born in Bennington, VT on September 28, 1942, Faye was the daughter of the late Daniel and Elizabeth (Gaefka) LeBarron. Faye started school in Cambridge, NY but soon the family moved to the North Bennington/Shaftsbury area, where Faye attended the North Bennington...
Walter L. Van Der Kar Sr.
Sep 29, 2020
Walter Lee Van Der Kar Sr., 88, of Manchester Center, VT died peacefully Tuesday September 29, 2020 at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington after a long illness. He was born in Pittsfield, MA December 30, 1931. He was the son of the late Harold A. and Dorothy (Rice) Van Der Kar. He received his early education in Hoosick...
Yasuko M. Leahy
Sep 29, 2020
Yasuko Miyajima Leahy, formerly of Plainfield, Vermont and Chicago, Illinois, died on September 29, 2020. She was 91. She resided at the memory care residence Brookdale at Fillmore Pond since it opened in 2010 and was its last remaining original resident. Yasuko Miyajima, also known as Miya, was born in Tokyo in 1928. Yasuko studied fashion design in Japan and...
Peter E. Souza
Sep 27, 2020
Bennington, VT Peter Souza, who left the Provincetown he loved in 2006 with his wife Sheila Benzer, to a seek a new life where he could pursue his dreams with a modest income, died early Sunday on September 27 as he returned from feeding the horses and dogs on his farm. He was 81. He "died in my arms," said...
Mildred E. Harrington
Sep 25, 2020
Mildred E. "Millie" Harrington, 88, a former long-time resident of Cross Street, died on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. Born in Bennington on March 22, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Gladys (Tripp) Knapp. She received her education in the Bennington schools. Millie married Lynn E. Harrington Jr. on January 10,...
G. Donald Calder
Sep 23, 2020
George Donald Calder SR, 81, a resident of Brookdale at Fillmore Pond in Bennington died peacefully on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Born in Islip, NY on November 29, 1938, he was the son of the late George S. and Isabelle (Cook) Calder. Donald received his early education in the Hewlett, NY schools. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering...
Jeffrey A. Mattson
Sep 19, 2020
Jeffrey Allen Mattson, age 38, a resident of Greenville, NY, died on Saturday, September 19, 2020 in Albany, following a long illness. He was born in Albany, NY on May 5, 1982 and was the son of Bonnie Lee Harrington of Bennington, VT and Carl (Karen) Mattson of Saratoga Springs, NY. Jeffrey is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo with a...
Bernard Eugene Loomis Sr.
Sep 19, 2020
BERNARD E. LOOMIS, SR. OBITUARY NORTH BENNINGTON, VERMONT Mr. Bernard Eugene Loomis, Sr., 82, a resident of Corey Acres in North Bennington died on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at his residence following a long illness. He was born in Rockville, CT on March 3, 1938 and was the son of the late LeRoy Loomis and the former Mae Evelyn Lee....
