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Floyd W. Campbell
STRAFFORD — Floyd Walter Campbell, 80, died of cancer, Monday, Nov. 27, at his home in Strafford. He was born May 2, 1920 in East Braintree, Mass. the son of Walter and Clara (Coburn) Campbell.
He attended a one-room school house in Old City Falls, in Strafford and graduated as the Valedictorian of the class of 1938 at Thetford Academy in Thetford. Floyd attended the University of Vermont where he was president of the Alpha Gamma Rho club, member of the Alpha Zeta and the Delta Psi fraternity. He graduated in 1942 with a degree in Agronomy.
He enlisted in the US Army and served in the infantry at the beginning of World War Two. He was later transferred to the Philippines and ended his army service as a company commander responsible for over 2, 000 Japanese prisoners.
On May 29, 1946 he was married
to Kathleen L. Little in Johnson.
Shortly after he began his career with the Soil Conservation Service. He worked as a field conservationist and ended up in 1958 as the Deputy State Conservationist in Vermont. He was the first person selected by the Soil Conservation Service to attend the School of Public Administration at Harvard graduating in 1960 with a Master of Public Administration degree. Later that year he was appointed State Conservationist for Maine and worked closely with the University of Maine President and the Dean of the College of Agriculture to coordinate and modernize programs.
In 1965, Orville Freeman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture selected Floyd as a member of his management team to review the U.S. Forest Service program. In 1966, Floyd was chosen by S.C.S. to become an Assistant to the Administrator and was in charge of Planning, Programming and Budgeting. He and his family were moved to Arlington, Virginia. In 1973 he returned to the home farm in Strafford where he took his retirement.
Floyd served the town of Strafford as town auditor, Chairman of the Planning Commission, Chairman of the Two-Rivers Commission, Chairman of the Board of Selectman and President of the Strafford Historical Society. In his later years, Floyd and his wife spent countless hours fund raising and organizing programs and events at the Justin S. Morrill Homestead in Strafford. Together they were instrumental in raising funds for the production of one documentary.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen L. Campbell of Strafford; three sons: Steven Campbell of Strafford, Colin Campbell of Burlington, and Robert Campbell of Strafford; three daughters: Gail C. Higgins of East Machises, Maine; Judith C. Flint of Braintree, and Jennifer L. Campbell of Riverside, RI.; 13 grandchildren, two great grandsons; two sisters; Geraldine Coppage of Wichita Falls, Texas and Josephine Baker of Aloha, Oregon; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Nov. 29, at the Strafford Church in Strafford, with the Rev. Mary Luckey Officiating.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the friends of the Morrill Homestead, P.O. Box 98, Strafford, Vt. 05072 to help enhance the landscape of the Morrill Homestead.
The Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Arthur Litchfield Sr.
TACOMA, WASH. — He was born May 14, 1925; passed away (went fishing) Sept. 5, 2000 in Tacoma, Wash. He was one of eight children born to Raymond and Clara Litchfield in So. Royalton.
He is survived by Dorothy, his cherished wife of 53 years; five children, Donna Brown (Jerry), Diana Eide (John Wilcher), Art Jr. (Kim), Tami Gebhardt (George), Terri Brokenshire (Paul); 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, two brothers, Ernest (Rose), N.H. and Lawrence, Cal; two sisters, Barbara Monk, Oh. and Jean Ellen Jones (Ken) Oh.
He entered the Army Air Force in 1943, serving honorably in World War II and the Korean War. He was a gunner on B-17’s, B-29’s, B-36’s and B-52’s. He retired in 1966 at Fairchild AFB.
He belonged to several organizations, among them, the Air Force Gunners Assn., AMVETS, 97th Bomb Group Assn., Air Force Sergeants Assn. B-17 Flying Fortress Assn., AARP and the NRA. His hobbies included fishing, gardening, hunting, whittling, spending time with his grandchildren, and he was a World Class Putterer.
Dorothy Graham
WILLIAMSTOWN — Dorothy D. Graham, 93, died at the Mayo Nursing Home in Northfield, Thursday, March 20, 2003.
She was born Jan. 15, 1910, in Williamstown, daughter of Frank and Mary (Morse) Downs. She graduated from Williamstown High School and later from the Mary Fletcher Hospital School of Nursing in Burlington.
She married
Donald K. Graham Aug. 25, 1946, in Williamstown. Following their marriage, they made their home in Williamstown Gulf. He died March 19, 2001.
She had been a private duty nurse in the Central Vermont area. Later, she was on the nursing staff at Queens County General Hospital in New York City during World War II. She also was a nurse at the former Barre City Hospital and retired form the nursing staff at the Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin.
She enjoyed gardening, sewing, crafts and entertaining her family, and was a very devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
She was a lifetime member of the Williamstown Congregational Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Mary Bradley, and her husband, John, of Braintree; son Norman Graham and his wife, Sandy, of Canton, N.Y.; six grandchildren: Chad, Clark and Virginia Graham, all students at Potsdam State University in Potsdam, N.Y., John Bradley II and his wife Melissa of Hudsonville, Mich., Rebecca Bushey and her husband, Ben, of Springfield and Joshua Bradley, a student at Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio; three great-grandchildren: Lydia and Cora Bradley and Dakota Bushey; two sisters, Mary Farnsworth of Lillian, Ala. and Ruth MacKenzie of Wilder; nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by two sisters, Jessie Wilcox and Bea Kynor, and a brother, Richard Downs.
Funeral services were held Sunday, March 23, at the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, Barre. Interment will be at the Williamstown Village cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dorothy D. Graham Memory Album Fund, Mayo Health Care, in care of Kim Marcotte, 71 Richardson Avenue, Northfield, Vt., 05663.
Hazel V. Byam
RANDOLPH — Hazel V. Byam, 86, of Randolph, died Wednesday morning, March 30, 2005, at Gifford Medical Center.
She was born April 3, 1918, in Derby, the daughter of Thomas and Zoey Maud (Paye) Gonyer. She attended Bethel schools.
She married
Ralph Byam July 22, 1933, in Bethel. He died in 1986.
She had worked at Fyles & Rice, Indian Head Plywood, G.W. Plastics, Waterbury Company, Merrimaids and Ethan Allen Co. She was a member of Bethany Church and Eastern Star.
She loved sewing, and in earlier years, deer hunting and fishing. She had a green thumb with plants and loved gardening. Anyone who visited her was always given coffee and something to eat. She loved the simple things in life.
Survivors include her five daughters, Margaret MacAskill of Williamstown, Jeanie Byam of Johnson, Connie Avery of Bethel, Ashely Derby-Young of Bradford, and Susan Ross and her husband Brian of Braintree; a son, Robert Byam and his wife Elaine of Plainfield; a daughter-in-law, Ruth Byam Preston of Randolph Center; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her children Edward, James, George and Dorothy Byam, Julia Dodge and Geneva Laprade; four brothers, Henry, Harold, Frank and Ted Gonyer; and four sisters, Viola Rosetta, Doris Sheehan, Zoey (Marion) Nichols, and Pauline Gonyer.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning, April 2, at the Day Funeral Home in Randolph with Rev. Kathy Eddy officiating. Phyllis Hawley was the organist. Burial will be Wednesday, May 25, at 11 a.m. at the Fairview cemetery in Bethel.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1460, Williston, Vt., 05495.
Eva M. Hale
WATERTOWN, CONN. — Eva Marie (Cedarholm) Hale, 94, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at the Lutheran Home of Southbury, Conn. She was the widow of Howard E. Hale.
She was born Dec. 24, 1910, in Waterbury, Conn., daughter of the late Alfred and Maria (Osterberg) Cedarholm. She lived in Waterbury until moving to Middlebury, Conn., in 1949. At one time she worked at American Brass and Copper.
She was a former member of the United Methodist Church of Waterbury and at the time of her death, was a member of First Congregational Church of Watertown, Conn., and a member of the Gota Lejon Ingeborg Lodge #19 Order of VASA.
She had been a volunteer for the American Red Cross and enjoyed needlework, her family, long walks, listening to birds, and trips to Vermont.
Survivors include her son, Richard E. Hale of Brookfield; her daughter, Barbara Thurston of Watertown, Conn.; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held April 2 at First Congregational Church in Watertown. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Old Pine Grove cemetery, Waterbury.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Congregational Church, 40 DeForest St., Watertown, Conn., 06795; or to the Southmayd Home, 250 Columbia Blvd., Waterbury, Conn., 06710.
Blaisdell Services
Funeral services for Irene Blaisdell, 81, who died Sunday, July 23, 2000 at the Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center, were held Thursday, July 27, at the Day Funeral Home, with Rev. Albert Collins and Rev. Robert Leno officiating. The organist was Phyllis Hawley.
Burial was in the East Randolph cemetery. Reflections of her life were given by her nephew Rev. Robert Leno, family members and friends.
The bearers were Brian Remmey, Lance Poulin, Brian Blaisdell, Armand Duquette II, Patrick Tibbetts and Thad Blaisdell.
