All Obituaries

ORWELL:   Ronald Robert McGuire, age 73, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at Helen Porter Health & Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury.   Ron was born in Ticonderoga, NY on August 5, 1948. He was the son of Robert and Dorothy (Scharpf) McGuire. He grew up in New York State where he received his education. July 14, 1973, he married Ruth Marie Patterson in Florida City, FL, where he worked for Withers Moving and Storage for several years. He moved his family to Orwell...

PITTSFORD:   Cheryl Lynn Barrows, age 56, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.   She was born in Middlebury on January 13, 1965, the daughter of William and Barbara (Dragon) Barrows. She grew up in Salisbury where she received her early education and graduated from Middlebury Union High School, class 1983. She had worked as a nurses aide at Shard Villa for several years and then began private duty.  She loved animals, birds, her cats...

RUTLAND CITY:   Lori Ruth Parks, age 63, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 28, 2021, at her home in Rutland. Lori was born in Middlebury on January 24, 1958. She was the daughter of Robert and Joan (Cook) Parks. She grew up in Orwell. She had resided in Daytona Beach, FL from 1989 until returning to Vermont in 2015. She has been a resident of Rutland since returning home. She liked doing latch hook rugs and enjoyed her iced coffee and shopping. She loved flowers and...

BRANDON:   Roland Brutkoski, age 46, passed away Monday morning, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.   Roland was born in St. Albans on April 26, 1975. He was the son of Joseph and Cheryl (Clark) Brutkoski. He grew up in Brandon where he received his early education and graduated from Otter Valley Union High School, class 1993. He furthered his education in Hotel Management in Minneapolis- St. Paul. He had been employed by Specialty Filaments in East...

RUTLAND TOWN: About a woman who lived beautifully... Rita Laura (Ethier) Chartrand passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at her home in Rutland Town. She was born in St. Valentine, Quebec, Canada, on January 3, 1924. She is the daughter of Woilley and Rose (Beaudin) Ethier. As a child, Rita travelled from Canada to Vermont with her family. She grew up in Orwell, where she received her early education. Math was her favorite subject. At...

SALISBURY:   Ethel Anna Kellogg, age 81, passed away Monday, November 15, 2021, at her home in Salisbury.   Ethel was born in Washington, DC, on January 21, 1940. She was the daughter of William and Alice (McClanahan) Tabler. She grew up in Maryland Park, MD where she received her early education and graduated from Suitland (MD) High School, class 1958. Ethel came to Vermont in 1971 and made her home in Leicester. She has been a resident of Salisbury since 1984. She was...

NORTH FT. MYERS, FL/BRANDON, VT:   Richard Norman Fales, age 74, passed away on November 8, 2021, at Hope Hospice in East Cape Coral, FL.   Mr. Fales was born in Rutland on February 18, 1947. He was the son of Adrian and Rose (DeGraff) Fales. He grew up in Rutland and Brandon where he received his early education. In his earlier years he helped his father on the VanGerbig Farm and later worked at Thomas Dairy Farm in Rutland Town. He was employed by C.V.P.S. for more...

LEICESTER, VT: Gary Russell Chandler, age 67, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at his home in Leicester. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. A complete obituary will appear at a later date.

MIDDLEBURY: Linda Lorraine Gale, age 74, passed away October 29, 2021, in Deltona, Florida after a courageous battle with cancer. Linda was born in Middlebury on September 16, 1947. She was the daughter of Kenneth “Red” and Teresa (Sullivan) Forrest. She grew up in Middlebury where she received her education in local and St. Mary’s Catholic School. March 4, 1977, she married Bernard “Pete” Gale in Middlebury. “Pete” predeceased her January...

BRANDON:  Joyce Mae Wheeler, 90, peacefully passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.   Joyce was born in Rutland, Vermont on September 17, 1931 to Guy and Arlie (Dutton) Ladd. She grew up in Goshen, Vermont and graduated from Brandon High School in 1951. After graduation, she began her working career as a bookkeeper for Raleigh Fuels in Brandon, Vermont.   Following her marriage to Charles H. Wheeler (Forest Dale, Vermont)...