Vermont snowboard legend birthed a passion that lives on Jake Burton Carpenter died Wednesday, Nov. 20, surrounded by family and friends. On Nov. 9, Jake sent the following email to his employees: “You will not believe this, but my cancer has come back. It’s the same tumor as the first time around. We just never…

‘He cared more about other people’ By Katy Savage Fred Coriell, the beloved owner of the Peak Performance Ski Shop in Killington who had a passion for developing youth interest in ski racing, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 67. Coriell was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in November 2018, but he…

Kurt A. Burdack, 68, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 31, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. His family will celebrate his life privately. Family and friends will meet at Killington Peak at a later date. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, on May 1, 1951, son of Arthur Walter Burdack and Bernadine Betty (Karg) Burdack.…

Helga Thune Cognato - age 75 She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 6, 1943, daughter of Henrik Thune and Martha Elisabeth Thuestad Thune.  Helga enjoyed spending childhood summers in Brightwoods, Long Island with her cousins and was a graduate of Hunter College in New York City.  She was a legal secretary for Dewey Ballantine prior…

Kathleen  “Kay” Marie Sullivan Groom, 76, of Killington passed away at home on Christmas morning Dec.25, 2018 Kay was born April 24, 1942 to Eugene and Dorothy Sullivan of Chicopee, Massachusetts.  She was raised in Chicopee and attended and graduated from Holy Name Girls Academy in 1959. In her teenage years, Kay discovered an innate…

Jerry Laurence Hickory, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at the Veteran’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Hickory was born in Bethel. He was born to Phyllis Howard Hickory and Harold Hickory on Sept.5, 1947.  He grew up in Bridgewater and graduated from Woodstock Union High School.  Jerry Hickory and his family moved to Tampa, Florida,…

Loving son, brother and partner, devoted father R. Scott Giguere died peacefully at his home in Killington on Nov. 22, surrounded with love, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Since the inception of Killington as a ski area, Giguere has been a seminal figure in the vitality and development of the area.  With the…

GAYSVILLE— Janis Albrecht, 60, a long time resident of Gaysville, passed away peacefully May 10th 2018. She was born December 22, 1957, raised in Fairfield CT and graduated from Andrew Warde High School in 1975. Janis moved to Vermont shortly thereafter. A Nationally Registered EMT since 1989, Janis served on the Stockbridge First Response Team…

On Aug. 21, 2018, Eugene Oler (a.k.a. Olow), former resident of Pinnacle Condominiums, 201 Old Mill Road, Killington, passed away at the Vermont Veterans’ Home, 325 North St., Bennington. Born on Feb. 11, 1927 in New Haven, Connecticut, he was employed by McKesson & Robbins, Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 1944, he joined the U.S. Navy stationed…

Robert Howard Webb of Lincoln, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York, died Aug. 23 of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. Webb was born Oct. 17, 1934, to Kenneth and Susan Webb, founders of the Farm and Wilderness Camps in Plymouth, Vermont. He spent his childhood exploring the woods and trails of the Green Mountains, cultivating…

Melvin Bauer Neisner, Jr. (MB) came into the world on June 7, 1956 and left it on Aug. 12, 2018 surrounded by his family. His mother, Ellen Garson Neisner, and late father, Melvin B. Neisner, raised him in Rochester, New York where he became an Eagle Scout, one of his proudest accomplishments. He graduated from…

Carol D. Ehmann, 66, passed on Aug. 1 in her home in Chittenden. She was born on Dec. 26 in Flushing, New York, to Henry and Marion Kranichfeld. As part of an active outdoor ski family, Carol spent many of her high school summers building a ski home in Killington. Carol returned to Killington full…

David Marc vanOrman, 67, of Pekin, IL., passed away at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, June 24, 2018, at his home. He was formerly of Green Valley, IL, where he was a farmer of 46 years. Born Oct. 27, 1950, in Peoria to Forrest and Alverne (Craig) vanOrman, he married Sarah Whiteford on Aug. 21, 1971, in…

Diane S. Rosenblum, 71, died June 9, 2018, at her home as a result of cardiac amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma. She was the wife of David A. Rosenblum of Killington. Also surviving are a sister, Karen Scappaticci, and her husband Howard Steinberg of Wilton, Conn., and two nieces, Lian and Sara Steinberg. A celebration…

By Katy Savage LUDLOW— Howard Barton Jr., an active community member who always put his family first, died June 2. He was 55. Barton was chair of the Ludlow Select Board, a position he held for 15 years. He previously served as captain on the fire department. He was on the cemetery commission and he…