Lucas Holbrook Ambler, 18, died unexpectedly in Saratoga Springs, New York on Sunday, Aug. 21. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Sept. 29, 2003, to Holly Holbrook and Peter Ambler. After Peter’s death, Holly married Scott Wesley Semple who adopted Lucas as his own son as a young boy. From a young age,…

George Pressley was a fixture in the Killington area for many years. Born in Detroit, his lengthy tenure in Vermont began when he became a resident of the Farm and Wilderness Camp in Plymouth in the 1960s. Life experiences gleaned there were truly that, and remained with and affected him throughout his life. During the…

Phylis Mae Wilmoth Henry Savage, a quick-witted woman with a charm that lit up the room, died July 25 at her home in Chester at age 99 years, seven months and 17 days. She made all the difference in the lives of so many and her work here is done. Phylis lived through the Great…

William “Bill” Blum died June 29 at the age of 90. He was born in Gardner, Massachusetts to Madalean A. and James J. Blum on February 11, 1932. Bill Blum made three major moves in his long life. In 1966, he and Rae (deceased) his wife of 61 years and their sons Jeff and Steve…

Douglas Hugh McKenna Jr. passed away on April 2, 2022 in White River Junction, Vermont.  Douglas was born on May 10, 1955 in Wilmington, Delaware and was the son of Douglas and Virginia McKenna.  His father was an executive at DuPont de Nemours and he relocated his family to Geneva, Switzerland in 1963. Douglas Jr.…

Sarah Ann “Sally” Bridges, 79, of Lakewood, Colorado, and formerly of Killington passed away on April 8. Sally Bridges was born on Dec. 30, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from New York,she was a longtime resident of Killington, Vermont, and held town positions as an assessor and justice of the peace. She operated Bridges…

Gary Brian Stumpf, 67, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully at home on April 15, 2022 after a long battle with liver disease. Gary was born in Wilmington, Delaware on July 28, 1954 to Theodore, Sr. and Elizabeth, (nee McGrory) Stumpf, lovingly known to their friends as “Ted and Betty,” of Pennsville, New Jersey. Growing up…

Audrey J. Putnam, 83, died Saturday morning April 2, at home surrounded  by her loving family from complications of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Audrey was born September 23, 1938, the daughter of Grove R. and Rena (Scott) Scribner. She grew up in Poultney. After graduating from Poultney High School, she graduated from Sheldon Academy of…

Paul Kenneth Kraby of Rutland, 79, passed away peacefully with family in Lakeland, Florida on Dec. 22, 2021. Born in Decorah, Iowa on June 27, 1942 to Kenneth and Katherine Kraby, nee Heaton. Paul is survived by his sons, Jason and Christopher Kraby, daughter, Jeanne Steinberg- Bolinger, grandsons, Marlon and Jaxson, and sister, Kathleen (Curt)…

Merle Schoenfeld, 95, died on January 28, 2022 at St. Joseph Kervick Center in Rutland. He was born to Rae and Alvin Schoenfeld in Hulmeville, Pa. He served his country proudly in Germany from 1944 to 1946 with his claim to fame serving as a driver for General Patton at times. Merle had always been…

LeRoy “Roy” Erwin Prior, 82, died on Jan. 26 at home in Mendon, Vermont. He was born to Lucy R. Hunt Prior and Erwin Wilson Prior in their home in West Bridgewater, Vermont. Roy graduated from Woodstock High School. He received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Castleton College in 1988 and…

By John Flowers/Addison County Independent Though former State Rep. Willem Jewett retired from the state Legislature in 2016, the Ripton Democrat continued in private life what he’d become synonymous for during his 14 years in the Vermont Statehouse: helping other people. The only thing that stopped him was his own premature demise, at age 58…

By Anita Lobel William Edward Giles, a country gentleman, an adventurous world traveler and entrepreneur, an easy New Yorker, was born in Windsor on July 31, 1946. He died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on Sept. 25, 2021 after an eight year struggle with progressive anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy, a disease that chips…

Bernard L. Pierce, 81, born in Pittsfield and grew up in Woronoco, Massachusetts, and was a long time Killington resident died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Bernie loved to golf, travel, spend time with family and especially his grandchildren. He always stayed current with the news and stock market. He enjoyed a good joke…

MENDON—Debra Poplawski-Wilson, 57, a former resident of Rutland, passed away peacefully at her father’s home in Mendon on Dec. 17, 2020. Services were delayed. Funeral services for will now be held Monday, Dec. 27, 2021 at 11 a.m. at Christ The King Church, in Rutland. The family would like to invite you to join them…