Teresa M. Hunt
BRISTOL /MURPHY, N.C. — Teresa M. Hunt, 92, of Murphy, N.C., died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. She was the daughter of Lewis C. and Florence Graham Smith.
A native of Cheever, N.Y., she lived in Bristol before moving to Murphy in 1994.
She was a nurse aide at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla., for 18 years, retiring in 1986.
She was of the Methodist faith.
She is survived by two daughters, Charlotte Hunt of Murphy, N.C., and Betty Wissel and her husband, Emery, of Lincoln; one son, Paul G. Hunt and his wife, Bonnie, of Murphy; 16 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Kenneth Edwin Hunt, who died in 1991; and a son, Harold E. Kilburn.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.
Richard Howard Marcher
TUCSON, Ariz. — Richard Howard Marcher, 97, formerly of Middlebury, died Sept. 9, 2008, in Tucson, Ariz., the home of a godson, Daniel Cavett.
He served as a pilot officer in the United States Army Reserves War Training Service during World War II, where he flew B29s over the North Pole to the Soviet Union on photo-reconnaissance missions. A crash in an L-19 in the Carolinas brought his military career to a halt. Employed by Boeing Aircraft, he later became a regional sales representative for several nationally known companies.
He and his wife, Alice, moved to Vermont in the 1960s, built a house in Ferrisburgh, and eventually moved to Middlebury. There he reclaimed an early interest in art and resumed painting. A member of the Middlebury Artists Association, his works were prolific. He is probably best remembered for his series of townscapes, county barns and inns.
According to family, he was a free spirit and jack of all trades for whom the glass was always half full.
