Michael Jon Richardson, 59, of Pittsford

Michael Jon Richardson, age 59, of Pittsford, Vt., passed away on June 1, 2025. Born in Saugus, Mass., Feb. 8, 1966, he was the youngest of three children.

Janet A. Miner, 96, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Bristol.

Lee Earl Lapell, 62, passed away Monday, June 9, 2025, at his home in Vergennes.

Andy was a jack of all trades who travelled a lot and was a talented artist and put the beauty he saw in his many travels into his paintings, drawings, carvings, sculptures, and so much more.

I am a Vermonter. This is how Dan Masson Bergstrom Noel described himself to his palliative care doctors on Feb. 20, 2025.

Fred grew up in northern Michigan. He was a musician at heart from early childhood. He won a scholarship to Oberlin College to study organ and graduated from the University of Michigan.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Grant and Helen (Morrison) Thompson, Anne grew up in Old Greenwich, Conn., where she developed a lifelong love of the water and spent joyful summers sailing, swimming and creating lasting memories with family and friends.

Born to Patrick and Dorothy Stapleton on Aug. 28, 1943, in Rutland, “Patty Jo” was a person you just couldn’t forget meeting.

Born in Bristol, she was the daughter of Cullen and Nina O’Bryan and grew up on the family farm in New Haven. 

Tre Mager Goodell Kingsbury, 21, died tragically Thursday, May 29. Tre was born in Middlebury, Vt., the son of Benjamin Kingsbury and Rachel Mager.

Debra H. Dessureault, 65, passed on to her next adventure peacefully in the arms of her loving family in the early morning of May 31, after a sudden infection resulted in sepsis.

The family of Shelly Morrissey, who died Nov. 23, 2024, invites you to join in a celebration of her life on Friday, June 20, at 11 a.m., at Mount St. Joseph’s Cemetery, 7026 Plank Road, Bristol.

The family of Ron Morrissey, who died on April 11, 2024, invites you to join in a celebration of his life on Friday, June 20, at 11 a.m., at Mount St. Joseph’s Cemetery, 7026 Plank Road, Bristol.

DAVID BAKER COLMAN MIDDLEBURY — David Baker Colman died May 29, 2025, at his home in Middlebury, Vt. His heart and not the cancer got him as he suspected it might. He is survived by David Clark, his husband of 42 years. He was born Sept. 4, 1939, in Catas … (read more)

JANE EDDY MIDDLEBURY — Jane Eddy died on May 19, 2025, on her own terms, mercifully sparing herself and her family from the agonizing ravages of a lingering descent into the abyss of Alzheimer’s disease. She died peacefully and painlessly at home in her o … (read more)