MONKTON — Paul W. Sherman, 87, of Monkton, Vt., passed away on Feb. 2, 2025, at the McClure Miller Respite House. He was born May 29, 1937, in Granville, N.Y., to Earl and Mildred Sherman.

PAUL W. SHERMAN

Paul graduated from Granville High School in 1954 and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  He began employment in 1956 in Hudson Falls, then Glens Falls, N.Y. with Kamyr, Inc, a Scandinavian company, and engaged in the engineering and construction of specialized processes and equipment for the pulp and paper industry. In 1958 Paul married Linda Shema of Granville, N.Y., and they settled in Hudson Falls, N.Y., raising two children.

After gaining experience in the industry, Paul became a project engineering manager. During a slowdown in the paper industry, the company branched out into metal ore processing systems for both tungsten and gold. Paul’s work in both the pulp and paper industry and ore processing took him on many trips throughout the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland and South Africa. Kamyr eventually became Ahlstrom and then later Andritz, and when the division relocated to Roswell, Ga., Paul and Linda relocated to Canton, Ga., in 1990. Paul retired in 1994 although he continued to work part time for Andritz until 2002.

Although Paul and Linda enjoyed their time in the south, where they also were close to Paul’s brother and his family, they returned north in 2002 to build a home near their daughter in Monkton, Vt.

For many years both in the northeast and the south Paul and Linda enjoyed attending a variety of events such as county fairs, antique and flea markets, craft fairs, music and fall festivals, auto races and historical parks, sightseeing and picnicking across the northeast. After Linda’s passing in 2009, Paul continued to travel to fairs and events throughout Vermont and New York. His daughter, Deborah, accompanied him on many outings, favorites being the annual Audubon Center Maple Sugar Open House, Addison County Fair and Field Days, the Dead Creek Wildlife Day, Vermont Flower Show and always a Father Day’s trip to the greenhouses and Creemee stand.

Paul loved being active outdoors and even in his last years living with metastatic melanoma he retained a positive attitude and a healthy, active lifestyle. Always staying busy around the house and his daughter’s house with various projects, woodworking and fixing things, he was happiest on his John Deere lawn tractors mowing and caring for his property and network of walking trails, creating and tending to his landscaped Willow Park, looking out across the fields below the Hogback ridgeline.

Well into his years Paul enjoyed golfing and meeting his friends and former co-workers for golf and lunch at various courses. In his earlier years he enjoyed bike riding, often cycling between home and work, swimming and scuba diving. In the winter he enjoyed cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, especially at the Saratoga Battlefield grounds.

When not outdoors Paul was an avid reader and student of the physical sciences with a special interest in space travel. He loved old, noir movies, Sci-Fi and soundtracks. Also, as a music lover, for decades every week and until his death every radio in the house was tuned to the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee live broadcast.

In recent years Paul enjoyed joining in at the many holiday gatherings with Deborah and her husband Peter’s extended family. Paul’s quiet and gracious presence will be missed.

Paul leaves behind his daughter, Deborah Sherman, and his son-in-law Peter James of Weybridge, Vt., and his extended family: nieces and nephews Vic and (Tory) Werne and Karen Potter of Georgia and Kip and (Sandy) Potter of North Carolina; Stevens and Sherman cousins in the Whitehall and Granville, N.Y., area; as well as friends in New York, Georgia and Vermont. He is predeceased by his wife, Linda; son, Eric; and a brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Rosellen Potter of Acworth, Ga.

The family wishes to express gratitude to the many wonderful and caring staff at Addison County Home Health and Hospice, whose assistance and care helped to make it possible for Paul to remain at home for as long as possible.

A graveside burial service will be held in the spring at the Mettowee Valley Cemetery in Granville, N.Y. Date and time to be announced.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Paul’s memory to Addison County Home Health and Hospice at 254 Ethan Allen Hwy., New Haven, VT 05472.

Arrangements under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at www: sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊