William Eisner Sr. of Greensboro died peacefully on January 28, 2011, at the age of 89, surrounded by his family.
He was born in South Orange New Jersey, on October 2, 1921, to Stanley J. and Babette (Kaufman) Eisner, one of five children.
He began spending spending his summers in Greensboro in the 1920s. He attended high school in New Jersey and then went on to study at Lehigh University. World War II put his education on hold for four years. He studied communications in Great Britain and saw combat in France and Germany, bringing his accordion with him. In 1946, after his discharge from the Army, he completed his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering at Lehigh.
He married Margaret Vera Wallace in 1947. They were married for 54 years and had three boys, Bill Jr., Jim, and Pete.
Mr. Eisner was employed in the paper industry for almost 50 years, finishing his career teaching graphic arts at Rochester Institute of Technology. He retired to his home in Greensboro in 1992.
He loved playing golf, bridge, his piano, accordion, and organ. He enjoyed brook trout fishing and swimming in Caspian Lake. He always kept active in the community, working with the Greensboro Free Library, the Congregational Church in East Hardwick where he served as the organist, Mountain View Country Club, the Kazoo Band, and many community projects.
He is survived by his loving companion, Alice Rivers; his sister Alice Berd; his children, Bill Jr. and his wife, Jeanne MacLeod Eisner, Jim and his wife, Beverley, and Pete and his fiance, Lori. He has five beloved grandchildren: Carrie Eisner, Babette Edy, Megan Eisner, Caitlin Fisch, and William Eisner, and two great-grandchildren, Danica Dube and Benyamin Fisch. Another great-grandchild, the baby Edy, is expected in April. He was predeceased by his wife in 2001; by three of his sisters: Edie Marzani, Kathryn Redfern, and Lila Morris; and by Pete’s baby Edie.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the First Congregational Church of East Hardwick, P.O. Box 142, East Hardwick, Vermont 05836.
A memorial service is planned for June 18, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the United Church of Christ in Greensboro.
Arrangements by the des Groseilliers Funeral Homes in Hardwick.
Shirley Jane Greger
Shirley Jane Greger, 84, of North Troy died at home on January 24, 2011.
She was born May 29, 1926, in Waterbury, Connecticut, a daughter of William and Belle (Slocum) Robillard.
Mrs. Greger worked for the State of Connecticut with the developmentally delayed. Her hobbies included cooking, antiquing, square dancing in her younger years, and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her children: Anthony Yitchinski of North Troy, Sandra Sargent and her husband, Richard, of Plainville, Connecticut, Marie Greger and her husband, David, of Hamden, Connecticut, and Eugene Greger and his wife, Delia, of New Britain, Connecticut; by the following grandchildren: Antoinette, Anthony Jr., Marie-Lynn Yitchinski, Richard and Tammy Sargent, Karey, Christina, and Kelley Greger, Max, Lucy and Paige Greger-Moser; by many great-grandchildren; and by a brother, Donald Robillard, of Wallingford, Connectict. She was predeceased by her grandson Louis Yitchinski; a sister, Barbara Cogle; by her brothers Irving, Vernon, Kenneth, Richard, and Wolfred Robillard; and by her foster mother of eight years, Iva Barney.
Services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements by the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home.
Aldea B. LaBree
Aldea Blanche LaBree, 103, of Greensboro, formerly of Hardwick, died on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at the Greensboro Nursing Home.
She was born December 10, 1907, in Berlin, New Hampshire, a daughter of the late Joseph and Laura (Dumas) Marceau. She attended Walden public schools.
On October 25, 1925, she married Eugene Paul LaBree at St. Norbert’s Church in Hardwick.
In her earlier years she stayed at home to care for her young children. She later was employed by Avon Atkins at the Village Motel, Mary Mercier at the Village Diner, and Anna Janci at the Fireside Restaurant, all in Hardwick.
Mrs. LaBree was a member of St. Norbert’s Catholic Church in Hardwick and a life member of the VFW Auxiliary in Morrisville. She donated many years of her time working at bingo at St. Norbert’s Church and bingo at the VFW. She enjoyed crafts, knitting, crocheting, and embroidery. She was a wonderful cook and will be remembered for her tasty baked foods.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Ann Gates, of Hardwick; two sisters, Margaret Jackson of Lakeland, Florida, and Janine Bissonette of Daniels, Connecticut; a brother, Albert Marceau, of Clover, South Carolina; seven grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; many great-great-grandchildren; one great-great-great grandchild; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene, in 1970; a daughter, Margaret Thompson; a granddaughter, Jeanette Matzke; three great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and six siblings: Ovila, Frank, Paul, Ralph, and Robert Marceau and Yvonne Mercier.
A Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, February 5, at 11 a.m. at St. Norbert’s Catholic Church in Hardwick. Spring burial will be in the family lot in the Fairview Cemetery in Hardwick.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Mary Queen of All Saints Church, P.O. Box 496, Hardwick, Vermont 05843.
Arrangements by Northern Vermont Funeral Service in Hardwick.
Gilbert “Gil” Tabor
Gilbert “Gil” Conrad Tabor, 73, of Derby Line died on January 28, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Tabor had waged, and lost a courageous battle with ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
He was born August 25, 1937, in Randolph, a son of Kenneth and Elsie (McGee) Tabor.
On December 29, 1955, he married Jane Jacobs, who survives him.
Mr. Tabor’s family and friends describe him as being wise and personable, with a dry wit, a real man’s man. His passions were hunting, fishing, trapping, and enjoying all that Vermont had to offer in the great outdoors. He was a native Vermonter and Korean War veteran, who devoted more than 26 years to public service.
After serving four years with the U.S. Navy, Mr. Tabor received his discharge (honorable), returned to Vermont, and spent the next two years studying at the University of Vermont. He subsequently joined the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, from which he retired in 1993. While there, Mr. Tabor developed a new concept for the timely handling of all applications for alien benefits, which led to his founding and directing the Vermont Service Center in 1981. Having started out in the basement of the local federal building and experiencing rapid growth, a newly built service center was opened in 1987 in St. Albans. In 1993, the facility was officially dedicated, and in his honor, named the Gilbert C. Tabor Complex.
Mr. Tabor was a member of the American Legion Post #21, of Newport, the Vermont Trappers Association, and he was a life member of the National Rifle Association. He also enjoyed snowmobiling, four-wheeling, and cutting wood.
He is survived by his wife, Jane Tabor, of Derby Line; his children: Gilbert C. Tabor Jr. of Derby Line, Shayne Cadieux and her husband, Rick, of Swanton, and Andrea Allen and her husband, Dean, of Derby Line; by grandchildren: Cassie, Kylie, R.D., Amanda, Owen, Courtney, Brittney, and Kassidee; by four great-grandchildren: Noah, Jared, Ryker, and Miss Eden Mae; by two brothers: Kenneth Tabor of Idaho and Church Tabor of Brookfield; by his sister Nathalie Whitney and her husband, Roland, of Ascutney; and by several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two sisters, Betty Ann Tabor and Gerry Davis.
As were Mr. Tabor’s wishes, there will be no wake, no memorial, nor a funeral service. However, a celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m. on February 10 at the East Side Restaurant in Newport. All family and friends are invited to join in.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to make a contribution in his memory, do so by contributing to: Compassionate Care ALS, P.O. Box 1052,West Falmouth, Massachusetts 02574.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com.
James Christopher Walton
James Christopher Walton, 70, of South Albany died on January 15, 2011, after a long battle with cancer.
He was born on October 12, 1940, in Newton, Massachusetts, a son of James Clement and Alice McNamara Walton.
He graduated from St. Michael’s College in Colchester with a degree in American studies in 1963 and went to work for the Dow Corning Corporation in Midland, Michigan, where he held positions in marketing, sales, applications engineering and technical services. He left Dow Corning in 1965 to start his own firm, Chase-Walton Elastomers, Inc., in Hudson, Massachusetts. The company served the automobile and aircraft industry, including the NASA Space Shuttle and Hubble Space Telescope projects, with 40 percent of sales exported, primarily to European countries. In 1987, while still managing Chase-Walton, Mr. Walton created and served as president of the SF Medical Corporation, an FDA registered company providing research, development, and finished products for the hospital, medical device, biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Products were sold globally. In 1995, while serving as chairman of his two companies, Mr. Walton and his wife, Jackie, started a UK holding company, JSJ International. A year later, he purchased a Croydon, UK company, G&K Precision Engineering, that provided metal goods and tooling to the aerospace industry in Europe and the U.S.
Mr. Walton was president and owner of Chase-Walton Elastomers, Inc. and subsidiaries until his retirement in 2005. He was also a part-time police officer in Hudson and Sterling, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Hudson Rotary, and Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce and received the Hudson and Maynard Area Chamber of Commerce Presidential Plaque for Outstanding Service and a citation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate for 50 years of outstanding business in Hudson. He was also a member of the Craftsbury Village Improvement Society, and a Freemason of the Meridian Sun Lodge #20 of Craftsbury.
Mr. Walton and the love of his life, Jacqueline, wife of 49 years, enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the world. Mr. Walton was a music lover, had a strong desire to serve his community, and was an outdoor and history enthusiast.
He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline (Menard) Walton of South Albany; his son, attorney Christopher James Walton, and his wife, Linda Sattler Walton, and grandchildren Jacqueline Ann Walton, James Allan Walton, and Julia Bliss Walton; his daughter Michelle Walton Majewski, and her husband, attorney Gregory J. Majewski, and grandchildren Matthew Gregory Majewski, William James Majewski; and his aunt Rachel Kinne Farrar; and cherished friends Doug and Maria Downes.
He was an inspirational, compassionate, and extraordinary man and will be deeply missed by his family and friends.
A private family service will be held.
Carlton Perry Hunt
Carlton Perry Hunt, 89, died on January 25, 2011, in Newport.
He was born in North Troy on December 22, 1921, the second son of Oliver Hazard Perry and Anna Goodwin Hunt.
On August 23, 1944 he married Beverly Gardner who predeceased him in February 1994.
He spent most of his life in the North Troy and Newport Center area. During this time he worked as an auto body repairman at many Newport businesses until the time he opened Hunt’s Auto Body. He later worked at, and retired from, Kraft Foods in Troy.
One of his proudest accomplishments was being a veteran and serving in WWII in Germany where he received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. This time was often the topic of many stories. He was also an early and life member of the BPOE #2155, the North Troy-Jay Peak Post #28, and the Disabled American Veterans.
Since 1992 Mr. Hunt resided at Michaud Manor in Derby Line and then the Newport Health Care Center in Newport. He enjoyed sharing stories of camping, spending time at the “camp” on the Collins Mill Road, fondly called God’s Little Acre, and the Vermont transit tours he and his wife went on.
Mr. Hunt is survived by a son, W. Perry Hunt, and his wife, Patricia, of Derby Line; his grandson Christopher and his wife, Monique, and their son Jonathan; and his grandson Timothy and his wife, Taryn, and their twins Emerson and Jackson; by his brother Reginald Hunt; his sister Barbara Fauchs; and by nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Bertran.
Funeral services were held on January 29 at the Newport Center Methodist Church with Rick Shover officiating. Spring interment will be in the North Troy Cemetery.
Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Newport Center Methodist Church, Newport Center, Vermont 05857.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com.
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