DONALD EDWARD ROOT
SWANTON -- Donald Edward Root, 72, a lifelong Swanton resident, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, 2003, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.
Born in Swanton, July 18, 1931, he was the son of the late Lester A. and Frances E. (Stoliker) Root. He attended Swanton schools and the Community College of Vermont. On April 27, 1957, he married the former Dixie Downey, who survives him.
For 22 years Donald served in the United States Army and also spent several additional years in the Vermont Army National Guard. He was a veteran of both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Charles DaPrato Post 778 in Swanton and the Disabled American Veterans. More recently he had been employed by the State of Vermont General Services Administration was a lifelong parishioner of the Memorial United Methodist Church and also a longtime member of 76 Lodge 14, F&A.M.
In addition to Dixie of Swanton, Donald leaves three stepchildren and their spouses, Sharon and David Holbrook of Swanton and Raymond and Ann Hakey and Terrance and Shirley Hakey all of Highgate. Also surviving are four sisters, Beatrice McDermott of West Swanton, Lucille Levick of Swanton Village, Ruth Palmer of Milton and Marion Wolcott of Swanton Village; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was also predeceased by two sisters, Dorothy Sanborn and Ella Hakey; three brothers, Lester H. John B. and Alan R. Root; and a stepson, Mitchell E. Hakey.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at 1 p.m. from the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton. Interment will follow in the Root family lot in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of the 76 Lodge #14 F&AM will conduct a Ritualistic Service on Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
Gifts in Donald's memory may be made to the Vermont Kidney Association, or to a charity of one's choice. On line condolences may be directed to Donald's family by e-mail: [email protected].
SWANTON -- Donald Edward Root, 72, a lifelong Swanton resident, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, 2003, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.
Born in Swanton, July 18, 1931, he was the son of the late Lester A. and Frances E. (Stoliker) Root. He attended Swanton schools and the Community College of Vermont. On April 27, 1957, he married the former Dixie Downey, who survives him.
For 22 years Donald served in the United States Army and also spent several additional years in the Vermont Army National Guard. He was a veteran of both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Charles DaPrato Post 778 in Swanton and the Disabled American Veterans. More recently he had been employed by the State of Vermont General Services Administration was a lifelong parishioner of the Memorial United Methodist Church and also a longtime member of 76 Lodge 14, F&A.M.
In addition to Dixie of Swanton, Donald leaves three stepchildren and their spouses, Sharon and David Holbrook of Swanton and Raymond and Ann Hakey and Terrance and Shirley Hakey all of Highgate. Also surviving are four sisters, Beatrice McDermott of West Swanton, Lucille Levick of Swanton Village, Ruth Palmer of Milton and Marion Wolcott of Swanton Village; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was also predeceased by two sisters, Dorothy Sanborn and Ella Hakey; three brothers, Lester H. John B. and Alan R. Root; and a stepson, Mitchell E. Hakey.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at 1 p.m. from the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton. Interment will follow in the Root family lot in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of the 76 Lodge #14 F&AM will conduct a Ritualistic Service on Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
Gifts in Donald's memory may be made to the Vermont Kidney Association, or to a charity of one's choice. On line condolences may be directed to Donald's family by e-mail: [email protected].
DONALD EDWARD ROOT
SWANTON -- Donald Edward Root, 72, a lifelong Swanton resident, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, 2003, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.
Born in Swanton, July 18, 1931, he was the son of the late Lester A. and Frances E. (Stoliker) Root. He attended Swanton schools and the Community College of Vermont. On April 27, 1957, he married the former Dixie Downey, who survives him.
For 22 years Donald served in the United States Army and also spent several additional years in the Vermont Army National Guard. He was a veteran of both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Charles DaPrato Post 778 in Swanton and the Disabled American Veterans. More recently he had been employed by the State of Vermont General Services Administration was a lifelong parishioner of the Memorial United Methodist Church and also a longtime member of 76 Lodge 14, F&A.M.
In addition to Dixie of Swanton, Donald leaves three stepchildren and their spouses, Sharon and David Holbrook of Swanton and Raymond and Ann Hakey and Terrance and Shirley Hakey all of Highgate. Also surviving are four sisters, Beatrice McDermott of West Swanton, Lucille Levick of Swanton Village, Ruth Palmer of Milton and Marion Wolcott of Swanton Village; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was also predeceased by two sisters, Dorothy Sanborn and Ella Hakey; three brothers, Lester H. John B. and Alan R. Root; and a stepson, Mitchell E. Hakey.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at 1 p.m. from the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton. Interment will follow in the Root family lot in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of the 76 Lodge #14 F&AM will conduct a Ritualistic Service on Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
Gifts in Donald's memory may be made to the Vermont Kidney Association, or to a charity of one's choice. On line condolences may be directed to Donald's family by e-mail: [email protected].
SWANTON -- Donald Edward Root, 72, a lifelong Swanton resident, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, 2003, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.
Born in Swanton, July 18, 1931, he was the son of the late Lester A. and Frances E. (Stoliker) Root. He attended Swanton schools and the Community College of Vermont. On April 27, 1957, he married the former Dixie Downey, who survives him.
For 22 years Donald served in the United States Army and also spent several additional years in the Vermont Army National Guard. He was a veteran of both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Charles DaPrato Post 778 in Swanton and the Disabled American Veterans. More recently he had been employed by the State of Vermont General Services Administration was a lifelong parishioner of the Memorial United Methodist Church and also a longtime member of 76 Lodge 14, F&A.M.
In addition to Dixie of Swanton, Donald leaves three stepchildren and their spouses, Sharon and David Holbrook of Swanton and Raymond and Ann Hakey and Terrance and Shirley Hakey all of Highgate. Also surviving are four sisters, Beatrice McDermott of West Swanton, Lucille Levick of Swanton Village, Ruth Palmer of Milton and Marion Wolcott of Swanton Village; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was also predeceased by two sisters, Dorothy Sanborn and Ella Hakey; three brothers, Lester H. John B. and Alan R. Root; and a stepson, Mitchell E. Hakey.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at 1 p.m. from the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton. Interment will follow in the Root family lot in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Members of the 76 Lodge #14 F&AM will conduct a Ritualistic Service on Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
Gifts in Donald's memory may be made to the Vermont Kidney Association, or to a charity of one's choice. On line condolences may be directed to Donald's family by e-mail: [email protected].
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