Barbara C. McGrath – 90, of Fairground Apartments, Moretown, passed away peacefully at the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury on Wednesday evening, March 13, 2013.
Born in Duxbury on May 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Rose L. (Lacillade) McGrath.
Barb attended schools in Duxbury and then went on to support the War effort by working in Rhode Island and Connecticut making parachutes. Returning to Duxbury, she worked for the former Demeritt Co. in Waterbury, manufacturing clothespins and in the cannery, and then moved to Burlington where she was employed in housekeeping at the University of Vermont for several years.
Leaving UVM, Barb worked at One Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaners of Essex before taking a position at Vermont College in Montpelier, working in housekeeping, from which she retired. She has resided in Moretown for the past 26 years.
Among Barb's many gifts was being an accomplished seamstress. Her other interests included crocheting, enjoying flower gardens, doing puzzles and a variety of games as well as cake decorating.
She is loved and missed by her son, Michael J. McGrath and his wife, Linda of Moretown; her grandchildren, Lindy Boudreau and her husband, Jon of Waterbury Center, Lisa Hallstrom and her husband, Louis IV of Northfield, Travis McGrath and his wife, Nicole of So. Barre, and Doreen MacKenzie and her fiancé, Brian Chandler of Stratham NH; her great-grandchildren, Brittney, Wil, Evan, Pacie, Liam, Cole and Abbi; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family. Barb was predeceased by a sister, Katherine Sherman and a brother, Frederick McGrath.
Graveside services will be held later this spring from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury at a date and time to be announced. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753.
Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences please visit us at www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook.
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Info below provided by: Lynn J. Gauthier
From the Times Argus , May 15, 2013 :
MORETOWN - Graveside services will be held from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury on May 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. for Barbara C. McGrath, who died March 13, 2013.
Born in Duxbury on May 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Rose L. (Lacillade) McGrath.
Barb attended schools in Duxbury and then went on to support the War effort by working in Rhode Island and Connecticut making parachutes. Returning to Duxbury, she worked for the former Demeritt Co. in Waterbury, manufacturing clothespins and in the cannery, and then moved to Burlington where she was employed in housekeeping at the University of Vermont for several years.
Leaving UVM, Barb worked at One Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaners of Essex before taking a position at Vermont College in Montpelier, working in housekeeping, from which she retired. She has resided in Moretown for the past 26 years.
Among Barb's many gifts was being an accomplished seamstress. Her other interests included crocheting, enjoying flower gardens, doing puzzles and a variety of games as well as cake decorating.
She is loved and missed by her son, Michael J. McGrath and his wife, Linda of Moretown; her grandchildren, Lindy Boudreau and her husband, Jon of Waterbury Center, Lisa Hallstrom and her husband, Louis IV of Northfield, Travis McGrath and his wife, Nicole of So. Barre, and Doreen MacKenzie and her fiancé, Brian Chandler of Stratham NH; her great-grandchildren, Brittney, Wil, Evan, Pacie, Liam, Cole and Abbi; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family. Barb was predeceased by a sister, Katherine Sherman and a brother, Frederick McGrath.
Graveside services will be held later this spring from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury at a date and time to be announced. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753.
Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences please visit us at www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook.
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Info below provided by: Lynn J. Gauthier
From the Times Argus , May 15, 2013 :
MORETOWN - Graveside services will be held from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury on May 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. for Barbara C. McGrath, who died March 13, 2013.
Barbara C. McGrath – 90, of Fairground Apartments, Moretown, passed away peacefully at the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury on Wednesday evening, March 13, 2013.
Born in Duxbury on May 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Rose L. (Lacillade) McGrath.
Barb attended schools in Duxbury and then went on to support the War effort by working in Rhode Island and Connecticut making parachutes. Returning to Duxbury, she worked for the former Demeritt Co. in Waterbury, manufacturing clothespins and in the cannery, and then moved to Burlington where she was employed in housekeeping at the University of Vermont for several years.
Leaving UVM, Barb worked at One Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaners of Essex before taking a position at Vermont College in Montpelier, working in housekeeping, from which she retired. She has resided in Moretown for the past 26 years.
Among Barb's many gifts was being an accomplished seamstress. Her other interests included crocheting, enjoying flower gardens, doing puzzles and a variety of games as well as cake decorating.
She is loved and missed by her son, Michael J. McGrath and his wife, Linda of Moretown; her grandchildren, Lindy Boudreau and her husband, Jon of Waterbury Center, Lisa Hallstrom and her husband, Louis IV of Northfield, Travis McGrath and his wife, Nicole of So. Barre, and Doreen MacKenzie and her fiancé, Brian Chandler of Stratham NH; her great-grandchildren, Brittney, Wil, Evan, Pacie, Liam, Cole and Abbi; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family. Barb was predeceased by a sister, Katherine Sherman and a brother, Frederick McGrath.
Graveside services will be held later this spring from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury at a date and time to be announced. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753.
Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences please visit us at www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook.
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Info below provided by: Lynn J. Gauthier
From the Times Argus , May 15, 2013 :
MORETOWN - Graveside services will be held from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury on May 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. for Barbara C. McGrath, who died March 13, 2013.
Born in Duxbury on May 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Rose L. (Lacillade) McGrath.
Barb attended schools in Duxbury and then went on to support the War effort by working in Rhode Island and Connecticut making parachutes. Returning to Duxbury, she worked for the former Demeritt Co. in Waterbury, manufacturing clothespins and in the cannery, and then moved to Burlington where she was employed in housekeeping at the University of Vermont for several years.
Leaving UVM, Barb worked at One Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaners of Essex before taking a position at Vermont College in Montpelier, working in housekeeping, from which she retired. She has resided in Moretown for the past 26 years.
Among Barb's many gifts was being an accomplished seamstress. Her other interests included crocheting, enjoying flower gardens, doing puzzles and a variety of games as well as cake decorating.
She is loved and missed by her son, Michael J. McGrath and his wife, Linda of Moretown; her grandchildren, Lindy Boudreau and her husband, Jon of Waterbury Center, Lisa Hallstrom and her husband, Louis IV of Northfield, Travis McGrath and his wife, Nicole of So. Barre, and Doreen MacKenzie and her fiancé, Brian Chandler of Stratham NH; her great-grandchildren, Brittney, Wil, Evan, Pacie, Liam, Cole and Abbi; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family. Barb was predeceased by a sister, Katherine Sherman and a brother, Frederick McGrath.
Graveside services will be held later this spring from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury at a date and time to be announced. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Activities Fund, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT 05753.
Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences please visit us at www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook.
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Info below provided by: Lynn J. Gauthier
From the Times Argus , May 15, 2013 :
MORETOWN - Graveside services will be held from Holy Cross Cemetery in Duxbury on May 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. for Barbara C. McGrath, who died March 13, 2013.
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