Lawrence Lathrop

BRISTOL — Lawrence E. Lathrop, 96, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 2, at Bristol Federated Church, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol.

He was born Jan. 18, 1914, in Bristol Notch, the son of William and Louina Lathrop.

He graduated from Bristol High School, class of 1934, and got married that same year to his wife of 76 years, Helen (Ferguson) Lathrop.

He served 50 years in Bristol Fire Department. He worked well into his 80s as a guide at Shelburne Museum.