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Joanne Hickey-Pittman
SUDBURY - Joanne Patricia Hickey-Pittman, 42, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2000, at Porter Hospital in Middlebury.
She was born in Attleboro, Mass., on Feb. 10, 1958. She was the daughter of James J. and Barbara (Devine) Hickey. She received her early education in Mansfield, Mass., schools and was graduated from Mansfield High School, class of 1976. She afterward attended the University of Massachusetts.
She had worked as a medical assistant at Walpole OB/GYN Clinic in Walpole, Mass., and later at Cape and Island's Lab in Hyannis, Mass.
She had been a resident of Sudbury since 1996, moving there from East Sandwich, Mass. She had been employed in the billing department at Porter Hospital for the past four years.
In her earlier years she had attended the Forestdale, Mass., Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school. She had been involved in several charities over the years. While in Vermont she enjoyed raising Holstein dairy cows and caring for her pet Jersey, Prudence.
Surviving are her husband, James C. Pittman of Sudbury, whom she married in North Conway, N.H., on June 4, 1988; one daughter, Autumn Bishop of Providence, R.I.; a stepson, Jedediah Pittman of Buzzards Bay, Mass.; her father, James J. Hickey of Sudbury; four brothers, Gerald Hickey and Paul Hickey, both of Mansfield, Mass., Michael Hickey of Farmington, Maine, and Patrick Hickey of Hyannis, Mass. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.
The memorial service will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at Forestdale Baptist Church in Forestdale, Mass. A private graveside committal service and burial will take place, at a later date, in Quaker cemetery in Sandwich, Mass.
Memorial gifts may be made to Forestdale Baptist Church, for mission work, Forestdale, Mass. 02563.
Betty Duff
MIDDLEBURY - Betty Jane Duff, 75, died at her residence on Friday, Feb. 25, 2000.
She was born on April 29, 1924, in Fostoria, Ohio, the daughter of Harvey and Patricia (Foley) Miller. After her retirement as an occupational therapist, she resided in Arizona. She moved to Vermont in September 1999.
She taught ceramics and pioneered a pet therapy project in Ohio. She also ran a funeral home for 13 years in Covington, Ohio.
She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Duff and Debra Anderson, both of Middlebury; a granddaughter, Lizzie Duff; and her sisters, Harriet, Beatrice and Gertrude.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Addison County Humane Society, 66 Boardman St., Middlebury, Vt. 05753, or to the Vermont Lung Association, 30 Farrell St., South Burlington, Vt. 05403.
Marguerite Valetine
Panton - Marguerite Jeanne Valentine, 100, died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, at home after a long illness.
She was born in San Antonio Texas, Jan. 11, 1900, daughter of Ernest and Marguerite (Christan) Sanner.
She resided much of her life on Long Island before coming to Panton.
She had a life-long love of gardening and music, especially her piano and singing, but did not continue her career after she was married to Edward Valentine in 1928.
Her husband predeceased her in 1985.
She is survived by her daughter, Mitci, and her husband, Joseph, of Panton.
She was cremated and will be interred at Ferncliff Mausoleum in Hartsdale, N.Y.
Janousek service
VERGENNES - Friends and family of George Janousek, who died on Feb. 21, 2000, are invited to share in a time of remembrances at the home of Marion Sullivan, 200 South Maple St., Vergennes, from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.
Capt. Bernard Hickey
BURLINGTON - Capt. Bernard Joseph Hickey, longtime resident of the Burlington area, died peacefully in his sleep at his home at Wake Robin in Shelburne on Monday, Feb. 7, 2000. He was 90, having enjoyed 25 years of retirement living after a 40-year career as a skipper with United States Lines.
Born in Fitchburg, Mass., on March 21, 1909, he was the son of Michael J. Hickey and Nonie McDonald Hickey. On Oct. 8, 1957, he married Evelyn M. (Atkins D'Amato) Hickey. She died on Sept. 17, 1982.
He attended Boston University before joining United States Lines as a merchant seaman in 1936. Fair-skinned, he spent his life at sea, and earned the nickname of "Red," which was to stick with him his whole life. As a merchant marine and Naval Reserve officer during World War II, he had four ships sunk from beneath him, two merchant ships by mines before Pearl Harbor, then two Navy armed AK cargo vessels after the U.S. entered the war.
The fourth sinking, by a German Raider in the South Atlantic, resulted in his being taken prisoner by the Germans, who landed him into a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Indonesia. He spent the final three years of the war enduring the brutal conditions in the Japanese labor camps.
After the war, he rejoined the shipping company United States Lines, moving swiftly up the ranks to become its top skipper, and was given the assignment of breaking in its newest ships. His career spanned 40 years.
He remained in the Naval Reserves and rose to the rank of commander. He was called to duty to skipper a vessel in the eastern Mediterranean during the Beirut crisis of 1958. He was particularly proud of his reserve assignment as executive officer of the Navy Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy during her maiden sea trials off of the coast of Virginia.
During his years in Burlington he served as navigator of the well-known ocean racing yacht New World, owned by Dr. Phil Davis. When he retired, he was asked to teach a navigation course at the University of Vermont.
He is survived by his sister, Helen Barrett; two daughters, Marianne Lancer and her husband, Bruce, of Bristol, and Christine Corcoran and her husband, James, of Florida; two sons, Vincent Hickey and his wife, Carol, of West Berkshire, and Richard D'Amato and his wife, Dorothy, of Annapolis, Md.; and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by his companion of many years, Eileen Gilbert of Shelburne.
Bernard was predeceased by his wife, Evelyn M. Hickey, and by brothers Thomas Hickey, Walter Hickey and Edward Hickey, and sister Mary Hickey.
Captain Hickey was a member of the Lake Champlain Yacht Club, the Navy League, the Council of American Master Mariners, and the Retired Officers Association USNR.
He was an avid Red Sox fan, and enjoyed and supported watching the endeavors of his children and grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Friday in Burlington. Memorial donations may be made to the Shelburne Rescue Squad.
Esther Kennett
ADDISON - Esther Marion (Lee) Kennett, 85, died at the Helen Porter Nursing Home on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000.
She was born on March 19, 1914, in Shoreham, the daughter of Edgar and Edith (Wolcott) Goodspeed. She was a member of the New Haven Grange and the New Haven Congregational Church.
She had worked for Dr. Goss and Dr. Melby, the Petco Station, Middlebury College, Ben Franklin, and she had also waitressed at Lockwood's and The Dog Team.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Kennett of Addison; a son, Myron Lee and his wife, Diane, of Cape Cod, Mass.; her step-children, Walter S. Kennett of Birdsboro, Pa., Charles Kennett of Addison, Jon Kennett of Addison, Robert Kennett of Rochester, and Janice Baker and her husband, William, of Bristol; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her first husband, Chauncey Lee, in 1980 and by a son, Charles Lee, in 1958.
Funeral services were held on Saturday in Middlebury. Interment and committal services followed at the Greenwood cemetery in Bristol.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Vergennes Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 11, Vergennes, Vt. 05491, or to the Addison County Home Health Care, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, Vt. 05753.
Peter Crafts
SOUTH STARKSBORO - Peter Burton Crafts died in a fire, which destroyed his home in South Starksboro on Saturday, Sept. 11, 1999.
He was born March 21, 1928, in Readsboro, the son of Parsons R. and Margaret B. Crafts. He was a graduate of Bellows Falls High School.
He served in the Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Iceland, where he was in charge of communications for his unit.
After discharge from the service, he worked for New England Telephone and attended various Bell System Schools. He worked for various other contractors. One of his last jobs before having a debilitating accident was with Air Comfort in South Burlington.
He was an ardent woodsman and felt closest to God in the Vermont forests he loved. He particularly enjoyed trout fishing and hunting. A patriotic American, he was very knowledgeable about Vermont history and the various wars in which the United States was involved.
He was married to Sharon Linly Averill at the United Church in Greensboro on Sept. 20, 1975, and they were parents of a son, Adam E. Crafts.
A memorial service will be held at a later date to be announced. Sharon and Adam are presently staying with her parents in Greensboro. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Lincoln Vermont Public Library, the Lincoln Vermont United Church and Project Independence Building Fund in Middlebury.
John Buttolph
SKANEATELES, N.Y. - John L. Buttolph Jr, 82, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Aug. 30, 1999, following a series of strokes.
Known all his life as "Lute," he was born Oct. 15, 1916, in Middlebury, Vt., the son of John L. Buttolph Sr. and Mabel Martin Buttolph. Shortly after his birth, he moved with his family to the "Buttolph" dairy farm in East Shoreham, Vt., where he was brought up without benefit of electric power or telephone service. He received his elementary school education at the "Buttolph" school on the farm property. His mother, who was a phi beta kappa graduate of Middlebury College (class of 1911), was the school teacher. He went on to graduate from Brigham Academy in Bakersfield, Vt., class of 1934.
He was further educated at Middlebury College, joining the long lineage of family members who had attended the college, dating back to the very first graduating class of 1804. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
On July 5, 1941, he married Marjorie Elizabeth Howe of New York City.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army and volunteered for OCS following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Capt. Buttolph became the commander of D Battery, 377th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (attached to the 4th Infantry Division) and went ashore at Utah Beach, Normandy, on D-Day +6. He saw action at the Battle of the Bulge and was among the first allies to enter Paris. He was also a member of the forces which liberated Dachau north of Munich. Following the end of hostilities in 1945, Lute was placed in charge of the small village of Schnaittach. In later years he became an active supporter of the biannual reunions of his old Army unit.
After leaving the Army, he teamed up with a college fraternity brother and founded Park and Buttolph, a hardwood milling company in Gabriels, N.Y., in the Adirondacks. Park and Buttolph specialized in the manufacture of hardwood bed slats, and at one time enjoyed virtually a nationwide monopoly. Later, he bought out his partner and moved the plant to Frankfort, N.Y., near Utica.
In 1953, Lute sold Park and Buttolph and moved his family to Poland, N.Y., where he took a position as Dimension Mill foreman for Northern Lumber Company.
In 1957, Lute became a salesman for Woodbury Lumber Company, with central New York as his territory.
It was during his travels with Woodbury that he discovered Skaneateles Lake, near Syracuse, N.Y., and immediately fell in love with this body of water. Locating lakefront residential property that he could afford became something of an obsession for him. It took quite a long time, but in 1957, the family moved to the old Ralph Fisher place on the west shore of Skaneateles Lake, near Mandana.
In 1966, Lute started his own company, specializing in wholesale shipments of lumber and building supplies. Today, the Buttolph Lumber Company is owned and run by his son Edward.
He was a lifelong outdoorsman and a dedicated hunter and fisherman. In later years, he could usually be seen motoring out into the lake before dawn, trolling for lake trout, salmon and rainbow. He loved to provide packages of frozen fish for his family and friends. He was the last surviving founding member of the Hardway Club, a hunting camp located deep in the Adirondack Mountains, near Noblesboro.
In addition to his wife, Marjorie, he is survived by his sons, John L. III of Morrisville, Vt., Edward A. and Kenneth G. of Skaneateles, and James M. of Rumney, N.H.; a daughter, Christine L. Buttolph of Burlington, Vt.; two brothers, Thomas R. of Orwell, Vt., and Edward E. of Brandon, Vt., a sister, Mabel H. Buttolph, of South Burlington; and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter, Carol, in 1954.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Skaneateles Methodist Church Construction Fund, Skaneateles, N.Y. 13152.
Harriet Gorton
CORNWALL/WHITING - Harriet Ruth Gorton, 67, died unexpectedly early Friday morning, Sept. 10, 1999, at Fletcher-Allen Health Care in Burlington.
She was born in Waterbury on July 8, 1932, a daughter of William and Beatrice (Perkins) Jackson. She graduated from Middlebury High School in 1951. During high school, she worked as a live-in nanny for the Isadore Mitchell family in Weybridge.
Following graduation, she worked as a secretary at the cheese plant in Hinesburg for a few years.
She married Ernest George Gorton in Vergennes on Feb. 28, 1953. Together, the couple worked on farms in the area until 1984, when Mr. Gorton retired from farming, and the couple moved to Wooster Road in Whiting.
She also worked for 17 years as the cashier in the Crest Room Snack Bar at Middlebury College, retiring in 1995.
She was an avid gardener, canning her own vegetables for years, and enjoyed crossword puzzles and video games. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, sewing and reading. She was also well known for her homemade breads and rolls, which she brought to family gatherings for many years.
She is survived by her husband, Ernest; her mother, Beatrice Jackson of North Ferrisburgh; four daughters, Joyce Marie Gorton of Cornwall, Brenda Lee Shackett of Brandon, Pamela Jean Perez and her husband, Osvaldo, of Brandon, and Susan Jane "Suzie" Gorton and her fiancee, Eric-Lee Chambers, of Pittsford; two sons, James Henry Gorton and Jerry Edward Gorton, both of Middlebury; two brothers, David Jackson of Panton and Earl Jackson of Vergennes; three grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her father; two brothers, Russell Jackson and William Jackson Jr.; and two sisters, Dorothy Tracy and Betty Sumner.
Memorial gifts may be made to the American Heart Association, 12 Hurricane Lane, Williston, Vt. 05495.
William Shattuck
BRISTOL - William Curtis "Bill" Shattuck, 75, passed away peacefully with his family at his side at Porter Hospital on Friday, Sept. 10, 1999.
He was born in Monkton on Sept. 17, 1923, the son of William C. and Mary Jane Shattuck.
He farmed his family's farm of five generations in Monkton for 50 years until 1986.
In the late 1960s he represented Monkton on the first Mount Abraham Union High School Board. He was a Past Master of the Libanus Lodge No. 47 F. & A.M., a member of the York Rite Bodies of Middlebury and the Cairo Temple Shrine in Rutland, a charter member of Cairo Temple Northern Clown Unit, and a member of the Green Mountain Boys.
An avid fisherman and bowler, Bill enjoyed his friends end association with the New Haven River Anglers and bowling leagues at Middlebury Bowling Lanes.
Most recently, he looked forward to daily activities with staff and friends at Project Independence in Middlebury.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Florence Shattuck of Bristol; four children, Elizabeth Bless and her husband, Steve, of Bristol, Christine Detrick and her husband, Richard, of Overland Park, Kans., William J. Shattuck and his wife, Ann Stevens, of West Henrietta, N. Y., and John Shattuck of Monkton; seven grandchildren; his sister, Mildred Tracy of Monkton; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were held at the Libanus Masonic Lodge on North Street in Bristol on Tuesday.
Contributions, in his memory may be made to Elderly Services Inc., P.O. Box 581, Middlebury, Vt 05753.
