RICHMOND GORHAM LITTLEFIELD

SALISBURY — Richmond G. Littlefield “Dick” passed away at Porter Hospital on March 13, 2025.  He was a warrior and fought health challenges for many years.

He was born in Providence, R.I., on Feb. 2, 1928, a son of Mary Richmond Seabury Littlefield and Alden Llewellyn Littlefield. He graduated from Pawtucket East High School and magna cum laude from Bryant College in 1950. He was a member of the National Guard and served in the Occupation of Germany as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the 43rd Division, 169th Antiaircraft Battalion from 1950 to 1952. He then entered Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, from which he graduated in 1954 and passed the CPA exam soon afterwards.

He worked for Ernst & Ernst Accounting Firm in Rhode Island, BIF Industries in Rhode Island, and as a Financial Analyst at Mobile Chemical in Macedon, N.Y., before coming to Middlebury, Vt., and working for Middlebury College for 30 years. He retired as the Assistant Treasurer in 1997, and was known for his diligence and integrity.

Dick played drums in high school and continued his love for music —especially jazz — all his life. He coached youth hockey and maintained a backyard ice rink for his children — and was a regular at hockey games. He looked forward to spring — and couldn’t wait to start seeds in the house for his vegetable garden. He found great pleasure tending to his garden and whistling with the birds.

Dick is survived by his wife, Eleanor Raybold Roberts, of 66 years and four children: Robin Forest Littlefield, Gretchen Raybold Littlefield Maginnis, Duncan Alden Littlefield and Thatcher Waterman Littlefield. Six grandchildren, Maegan Paradee, Shannon Maginnis, Kirsten Littlefield, Alden Littlefield, Oprea Littlefield and Hartley Littlefield, also survive him, as well as one great-grandson, Levi Paradee.

He was predeceased by his parents, his 9-year-old son, Bradford Seabury Littlefield in 1970, his brother, Charles Seabury Littlefield, in World War II in New Guinea, and his sister, Elizabeth Alden Buxton.

Dick was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Calling hours will be held Saturday, March 29, from 3-5 p.m., at Sanderson/Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 South Main Street, Middlebury, Vt. A Buffet will follow at 5:30 p.m. at Kirk Alumni Center, Golf Course Road, Middlebury, Vt. ◊