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Obituaries 10-14-14 ERNEST S. CLIFFORDCROWN POINT, N.Y. - Ernest S. Clifford, 91, died on Oct. 5, 2014. He was born in North Pomfret on Feb. 18, 1923, the son of Elton W. and Constance M. (Strong) Clifford. He graduated from Woodstock High School in 1941, then worked as a machinist in a defense plant in Springfield, Mass. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942, and served as a radio operator in the 15th Air Force in North Africa and Italy until the war's end in 1945. He was employed for a year as a Civil Service employee in the Philippines, after which he was employed with the New England Telephone Company. In 1951, he went to Simmonds Precision in Vergennes where he was employed for 34 years, retiring in 1984. Mr. Clifford married Catherine Thompson in Kenton, Ohio, on April 8, 1951. In November of that year, they moved to Vermont and resided in Ferrisburgh for the next 40 years. Ernie enjoyed hunting and fishing, camping, hiking, gardening and travel. He was a member of the Rutland American Legion Post #31, and Middlebury Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 7823. He was active in the New England Antiquities Research Association, an organization which investigates unusual stone structures, cairns, standing stones, etc. in the Northeast, many of which predate European arrival. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Catherine Clifford; sons, Michael D. Thompson, Gale G. Thompson, and Charles S. Clifford; daughters, Pamela S. Cross, Patricia A. Neate, and Constance L. Gilbert; sisters, Marjorie Wallace of St. Charles, Mo., and Florence Beatty of Chittenden; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The funeral service was held on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, at the Victory Baptist Church in Vergennes. Interment was at the Veteran's Cemetery in Randolph. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad, PO Box 11, Vergennes, VT 05491.
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