Born in Cambridge on July 29, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Mildred (Shangraw) Burnor.
On August 31, 1940, she married Alfred L. Amadon in Danville. Alfred predeceased Eldora on April 10, 1998.
Eldora was a graduate of Cabot High School and went on to a long career at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury; first as an aide and then following her graduation from the Vera Hanks School of Psychiatric Technology, as a psychiatric technician, retiring in 1987. She was a former member of Green Mountain Chapter #35 OES of Cabot.
Her family fondly remembers Eldora's love of gardening, both flower and vegetable, the talent she had for crocheting and knitting and the many hours she spent canning her gardens plentiful bounty.
Eldora is survived by her daughter, Sally Buck and her husband, Earl of Liberty Hill TX; 5 grandchildren, Janice Linehan, Carleton Buck, Pamela Champney, Alfred Buck and Stacey Madrano; 14 great-grandchildren and 14 great great-grandchildren. A sister, Glennis Holton of Florida; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family.
Eldora was predeceased by a grandson, Kevin Roy Buck, and a sister, Arlene Mae Burnor Churchill.
Funeral services will be held from the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home in Waterbury on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the Waterbury Center Cemetery.
Published at: Perkins-Parker Funeral home http://perkinsparker.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1682872&fh_id=12898
Born in Cambridge on July 29, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Mildred (Shangraw) Burnor.
On August 31, 1940, she married Alfred L. Amadon in Danville. Alfred predeceased Eldora on April 10, 1998.
Eldora was a graduate of Cabot High School and went on to a long career at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury; first as an aide and then following her graduation from the Vera Hanks School of Psychiatric Technology, as a psychiatric technician, retiring in 1987. She was a former member of Green Mountain Chapter #35 OES of Cabot.
Her family fondly remembers Eldora's love of gardening, both flower and vegetable, the talent she had for crocheting and knitting and the many hours she spent canning her gardens plentiful bounty.
Eldora is survived by her daughter, Sally Buck and her husband, Earl of Liberty Hill TX; 5 grandchildren, Janice Linehan, Carleton Buck, Pamela Champney, Alfred Buck and Stacey Madrano; 14 great-grandchildren and 14 great great-grandchildren. A sister, Glennis Holton of Florida; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family.
Eldora was predeceased by a grandson, Kevin Roy Buck, and a sister, Arlene Mae Burnor Churchill.
Funeral services will be held from the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home in Waterbury on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the Waterbury Center Cemetery.
Published at: Perkins-Parker Funeral home http://perkinsparker.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1682872&fh_id=12898
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