In the earliest minutes of Thursday, May 2, 2025, seventeen days shy of her birthday, Phyllis Elaine (Thurston) Kruse, 86, died at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care with family at her side, after a short illness. She was born May 19, 1938 “upstairs over Mr. Finley’s Store” in West Hartford, Vt., the fourth child of Oliver …
Sandra “Sandi” Eloise Lampert, age 86, passed away peacefully May 2, 2025, at the Meadows at East Mountain in Rutland, Vt. Sandi was born in Springfield, Vt. on September 14, 1938. She was the daughter of Zygmont and Eloise (Sears) Stryhas. She grew up in Ludlow graduating from Black River High School with the class of 1956. Sandi married Robert …
David MacIver Loman — known to many as Dave, Dave the Rave, Davey Baby, Davey Jones, or Dirty Dave — passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at the age of 37. Born in Randolph, Vt., and raised in Killington, David brought warmth, laughter, and depth to every place and person he touched, from the slopes of Vermont to the …
Janice (LePage) Bauchiero, 97, died peacefully at home surrounded by family on May 3, 2025. Born in Beverly, Mass., on Feb. 21, 1928, she was the daughter of Lester and Ramona (Cowles) LePage. She grew up in Longmeadow, Mass., and cherished summers with her family at their beach cottage in Little Neck, Ipswich, where she developed a lifelong love for …
To the community and fellow Freelance Singers, there will be a memorial service for Ellen Satterthwaite on Saturday, June 21 at the Woodstock Congregational Church in Woodstock at 2 p.m. There will be music and time for sharing stories and memories. Reception to follow.
Charles A. Martin Jr., 87, of Woodstock, passed away at his home on April 17, 2025. Born and raised in Woodstock, he was the son of the late Charles A. Martin Sr. and Ethel (Blanchard) Martin. Charles was a 1957 graduate of Woodstock High School. Afterwards, he served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during the Berlin Wall crisis. …
Imants Vitols, a longtime resident of Woodstock, died peacefully at home on April 19, 2025. Imants was born March 12, 1948, in Munster, Germany, to his Latvian parents, Karlis and Ilze. He then immigrated with his family at age 2 to Rutland, Vermont, where he grew up and graduated from Rutland High School in 1966. He went on to attend …
Jean E. Silva, 82, died on Saturday, April 19, at the Jack Byrnes Center in Lebanon, N.H., surrounded by her family. Jean was born on July 31, 1942, in Pawtucket, R.I., the daughter of Earnest E. and Barbara (Conway) Brown. Jean will always be remembered for her impeccable style, her commitment to walking, and having the very best advice. Jean …
Lana Wright of Chesapeake City, Md., passed away peacefully at home on April 23, 2025 at the age of 85. Lana was a “First Lady” in the equestrian world. She was an avid and extremely accomplished horsewoman growing up in a foxhunting family in Delaware. After graduating from Oldfields School her life revolved around horses. In 1964, in Tokyo, Japan …
It is with sadness that the family of Roger Paul Trachier of Hartland, announces his passing after 88 journeys around the sun. Roger succumbed to a fast-growing, very rare form of cancer on April 16, 2025, while being cared for by family at home. When asked recently how he would sum up his life, Roger replied “coming and going.” That …