By Brooke Geery East Coast snowboarding icon Tony Chuichiolo passed away unexpectedly on March 6, after a sudden medical event, according to reports. A lifelong Vermonter and long-time Sugarbush employee who dabbled in everything from marketing to park building to […]
Category: Obituaries
Joseph James Peterson, (Jamie/Joe/BBY/Robert/Bobby)
Joseph James Peterson was a man of many names. Whether you knew him as Jamie, Joe, BBY, Robert, or Bobby, you knew him as a friend. A friend you could count on in good times and bad. A friend to […]
Wendy A. Witherell Hill, 87
Wendy A. Witherell Hill, 87, died peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 3, 2021, following the effects of a stroke. Born Oct. 7, 1933, in Troy, New York, Wendy Witherell Hill graduated from Emma Willard School in 1951, and Cornell […]
Mary Theresa Ojala, 100
Mary Theresa Ojala, 100, of Rutland, died peacefully Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at her home, surrounded by family, following a recent decline in her health. Mary Ojala was born Nov. 22, 1920, in Bayonne, New Jersey, to the late James […]
David H. “Chip” Garland, 70
David H. “Chip” Garland, Jr. of Killington, died suddenly on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Son of the late David H. and Ruth M. (Curley) Garland, Chip Garland is survived by his siblings Tom and his wife Carol of Northwood, New […]
Hannibal “Dee” DeLorenzo, 94
Hannibal DeLorenzo was born in Orange, New Jersey on May 2, 1926 and lived in Sparta, New Jersey until he passed on Dec. 21, 2020. He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. Dee, as he was affectionately known, […]
Debra Poplawski-Wilson, 57
On Thursday Dec. 17, Debra Poplawski-Wilson, 57, a former resident of Rutland passed away peacefully at her father’s home in Mendon. She bravely fought Glioblastoma Brain Cancer for 43 months and was considered a long-term survivor. The daughter of Eugene J. and Barbara […]
Michael Edward Kenney, 72
Michael Edward Kenney, 72, of Rutland, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 at home with his family after a four-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia. Michael Kenney was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1948 and served in […]
David M. Gleed, 57
David M. Gleed, 57, died Nov. 3, 2020 at Rutland Regional Medical Center. He was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, March 15, 1963, son of Robert A. and Roberta J. (Blais) Gleed. David Gleed spent many years in the restaurant and […]
Daniel Kindle O’Connell, 81
Daniel Kindle O’Connell of Rutland died on Nov. 2, 2020 of metastatic prostate cancer at the age of 81. Dan O’Connell was never one to follow the expected path, and he enjoyed reflecting on the many adventures that he had […]