Brian Powell of Woodstock passed away peacefully at home on Monday, June 16, 2026.
Upon graduating from high school he was voted “best looking” in his class.
After graduating he joined the United States Navy for four years and was awarded a medal of honor for good conduct in 1963. While in the Navy he served as a radarman while on a ship. He was honorably discharged in September 1966. He was very proud to have served in the Navy and if you saw him out and about in town he most likely had a navy baseball cap on.
He went on to further his education by attending Orange County Community College to earn an Associates Degree in Applied Science in 1970. He continued his education at Alabama State College earning a Bachelor of Science degree with a psychology major and a biology minor.
He was a member of the Psi Chi Chapter of the National Honor Society in Psychology.
He worked as a photographer while at the Castle Point V.A. in New York. After moving to Vermont, he worked as a carpenter, car salesman, and restaurant manager.
Brian’s love for nature led him to start his own business: “Woodstock Llama Treks” taking tourists and locals on walks in the woods with the llamas carrying back packs. The trek would end with a picnic lunch looking out over views of the Vermont countryside.
Brian leaves behind a sister, Judy Kelley, a son Sean Powell, and a daughter Harpur Leigh Frahn.
Brian will be buried at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph, Vt. Arrangements will be listed and a guestbook hosted on the Cabot Funeral Home website cabotfh.com.
