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Obituaries 5-12-09

Stewart Sumner

Bristol-Stewart Sumner passed away Sunday May 3, 2009 at Helen Porter Nursing Home in Middlebury.

    He was born May 11, 1921 in South Bristol the son of Berley and Anna (Hallock) Sumner.

    He worked at farming in Addison County for many years, for Ralph Baslow on road work, Kailin in Monkton, Drake & Smith, and at Mt. Abe High School as a janitor.

    Stewart is survived by two sisters Betty Cyr and Catherine Sibley; five brothers Tracey, Stanley, Tex, Sunny, and Phillip, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by his parents, a daughter Crystal Lee, three sisters Barbara, Marjorie and Beatrice and two infant brothers.

    Funeral services were held. on Thursday May 7th at Victory Baptist Church in Vergennes. Interment was  in Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Helen Porter Nursing Home, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753 or Bristol Rescue Squad, PO Box 227, Bristol, VT 05443. Brown - McClay Funeral Home in Bristol will be in charge of arrangements.

Roland M. Vayer

Vergennes, VT/ Feeding Hills, MA  - In memory of Roland M. Vayer who died at age 94 on Feb.  24, 2006 in a nursing home in Feeding Hills, MA. Born in St. Odilon, province of Quebec, Canada, he lived in Vergennes Vt most of retirement years, moving to Feeding Hills in 2001.  Roland worked for over 20 years as an electrical engineer for the Department of the Army retiring in 1974.

    Roland was instrumental in the mechanization of facilities for the modernization of the United States Postal Service, in particular, the Bulk Mail System.  He was a World War II army veteran, a member of the Capital Radio Engineering Institute and twice recieved the Vermont National Defense Medal.

    He was the widower of Inga Vayer. He leaves a brother, Charlemange Veilleux of Newport, VT; a sister, Gisele Lamoureux of Feeding Hills, Ma; and many nieces and nephews.  He was predeseased by a sister, Martha Veilleux.

    A memorial Mass was held in St Peter's church in Vergennes on Saturday May 9, 2009.  Burial followed in St. Peter's Cemetery in Vergennes, VT.

 


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