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: November 13, 2022, 07:30:31 PM
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PORT ORANGE FL/ESSEX JCT. VT - Dewey N. Gokey, 89 years old, passed peacefully after a brief illness on October 27, 2022. He was born in Colchester, VT on October 21, 1933, son of the late Frank and Antoinette (Bolduc) Gokey.
Dewey graduated from Bellows Free Academy in 1952 and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1953 to 1956 as a Marine Sargent with the Marine Fighter Squadron. Dewey married Bette Gillin in 1956 and together they raised their family in Essex Junction. Dewey continued his military service with the United States Air Force and the Vermont Air National Guard retiring in 1980 as a Senior Master Sargent with the Defense of Aircrew Life Support.
He enjoyed many years of camping, boating on Lake Champlain, snowmobiling and playing tennis with family and friends in Vermont before retiring to Florida in 1991 with his partner Marolyn Boudreau. In Florida, he continued his passion for tennis and sport cars. He was a member of the Greater Volusia Tennis League where he enjoyed playing competitively and also a member of the Daytona Mustang Club where he loved sharing his enjoyment for Mustangs.
Survivors include son, Scott and wife, Lisa Gokey of Essex Jct. VT and daughter, Lisa and husband, Greg Riddle of Durango, CO, 5 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and very special neighbors in Port Orange. Dewey was predeceased by his partner of over 30 years, Marolyn Boudreau in June of 2022. A graveside service will be held May 2, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Essex Center. Memorial contributions in Dewey’s memory may be made to the American Kidney Association at www.kidneyfund.org.
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: November 07, 2022, 04:35:24 PM
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Fairfax Community Library Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda November 17, 2022, 6:30 pm
Agenda
Call to order Approval of minutes from September 15, 2022, meeting Treasurer's report Correspondence
Updates Highlights from our library since last meeting Budget 2023-2024 Early Literacy Project Elementary Book Distribution Staffing Inclement Weather Policy Review Draft #4 Digital Use Policy
New Business Trustee positions for 2023 Ideas for FCL 50th Anniversary Other
*The meeting will take place in the Library. To attend the meeting remotely, please contact the library at 802-849-2420 for the Zoom link.
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: October 27, 2022, 04:16:00 PM
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In November, the library will be offering the following programs. Please call the library at 802-849-2420 for information or to register!:
Youth Events: Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 at 10:30 am: Preschool Story Time Tuesday, November 1, 3 pm: Lego Club Wednesday, November 2, 3 pm: Stress Balls Wednesday, November 9, 1 pm: Make Your Own Badges Wednesday, November 16, 3 pm: Butter Making Experiments Wednesday, November 30, 3 pm: Spool Racers
Adult Events: Thursday, TBD, 5 pm: Library Book Club Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15 & 29, 6 pm: Mandarin Club with Hsian-Lan Cheng Tuesday, November 15, 6 pm: Paper Roses
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: October 27, 2022, 08:19:20 AM
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Benjamin David Rabidoux, age 30, got his wings and flew to Heaven on October 24, 2022. Ben was a kind and gentle soul with a joyful smile and sincere heart. He was surrounded by sisters his whole life and had lots of family love. He was quick-witted and had a fun sense of humor. He was a huge Yankees fan and an impressive baseball player. He pitched for his high school team and continued to play every year since for the Champlain Mariners of the Green Mountain Men's Baseball League. His puppy “son” Bo was his forever loyal sidekick, always with him wherever Ben went. A true companionship with so much love. Ben is survived by his Mother, Sherry Simoneau and Stepfather, Greg Simoneau, Father David Rabidoux and Stepmom Lynnette Rabidoux, Sister Ashley Soutiere and husband Andrew Soutiere and his nephew Carter and niece Stella, his sister Lynneah Meadows and husband Thomas Meadows, and sister Miranda Rabidoux, and his best buddy, Nathan Bee. Ben is predeceased by his sister, Heidi Rabidoux. Services will be held at St. Luke’s cemetery in Fairfax Vermont on Friday, October 28 at 2:00 PM. All friends and family are welcome to pay their respects. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation for a memorial of Ben, send to c/o Ashley Soutiere 19 Crystal Rd, Fairfax, VT 05454 The extended version of this obituary can be found at www.vtfuneralhomes.com/obituary-listing
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: September 07, 2022, 02:01:30 PM
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2022-Rummage Sale Fri., Oct. 7th from 1-7pm and Sat., Oct. 8th from 9-2 (Bag Sale All Day) at the Fairfax Community Center on 1210 Main St. in Fairfax. Clean clothes, books, toys, and white elephant. Benefit of the United Church of Fairfax missions. For info call 802-849-6313 or email ucffairfaxvt@gmail.com. NEW HOURS for taking in items Wed. Oct., 5th from 9-noon, Thurs. Oct. 6th., 9-noon and 4-6pm. NO drop off on Fri. the day of the sale. We prefer seasonal clothing.
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: August 29, 2022, 02:18:39 PM
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Joshua Paul Chaplin, age 22, passed away unexpectedly on August 28, 2022 at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, VT as he was surrounded by loved ones by his side. Josh was born October 8, 1999 in Burlington, VT to Paul Chaplin and Jennifer Stoll.
Josh was a member of the Class of 2018 from BFA Fairfax. In school he played football and participated in the Tech Center. His hobbies and interests included hunting with his father, racing, and being a member of the Demo Junkies Demolition Derby Team. In his spare time, Josh loved hanging out with his friends, especially Mayla Mashteare and Jayden Tilton.
Josh loved spending time with his family, especially his niece Harper. He was a son, a brother, a best friend, an uncle, a friend and mentor. He touched and blessed the lives of everyone he met and could always bring out a smile in people and make them laugh.
Josh is survived by his Father Paul Chaplin; Grandmother Cheryl Stoll; Mother Jennifer Stoll; Brother Allen Chaplin; Sister Taylor Chaplin; Niece Harper Speer; his Grandparents Richard Stoll and his partner Sheila Kempton and Paul and Pat Chaplin; along with aunts, uncles and cousins.
Josh will be greatly missed and will live on forever in the hearts and minds of his family and friends.
A Remembrance Gathering will be held Saturday, September 3, 2022, at 10:00 AM in the Brady & Levesque Funeral Chapel. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, where online condolences and fond memories may be shared with his family and friends at: www.bradyandlevesque.com.
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: August 24, 2022, 05:13:30 PM
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Shelburne, Vermont - Joanna (Durand) Orton Jensen, 95, of Rahway, New Jersey and Fairfax, Vermont passed away on Sunday, August 21st, in Shelburne, Vermont. Born March 5, 1927 in White Plains, New York, her parents, Genevieve (Letson) and Edwin M Durand, soon moved to Rahway where she attended Lincoln School, Rahway High School and New Jersey College for Women (now Rutgers). In 1947 Joanna married Stuart Orton, who, having served in WWII as a young Navy doctor, joined his father’s Rahway medical practice with his brother. Besides helping with the office, the Rahway Hospital Women’s Auxiliary and joyously raising their only child, Sara, Jo and Stu embarked on 47 years of weekend commutes to Fairfax Vermont, establishing a farm with Angus cattle and Shropshire sheep on 100 acres of land on the Lamoille River. Together they would found the Fairfax Historical Society in 1964, raise an endowment for perpetual care for the Fairfax Plains Cemetery abutting their land, and eventually open Glenorton County Antiques in the barn They also sailed Barnegat Bay, NJ, cruised the Maine coast, and twice took their boat up the Hudson River, through the locks, into Lake Champlain, sailing up to St Albans Bay. In retirement Jo and Stu finally gave up the farm, moved to Burlington’s New North End and wintered in an Airstream at Traveler’s Rest in Dade City, Florida.
Joanna’s personality was one of boundless grace, positivity and a great sense of humor. She was an artist and executed traditional crafts with tremendous talent. Jo was an accomplished theorem painter, she knitted complicated cable knit coats and sweaters for all of us, and in later life took up silver smithing at Wake Robin. In the 1970s she became a master of primitive rug hooking, one appearing on the cover of the seminal book, “The Basics of Rug Hooking” by Beatty and Sargent. The New Bedford Whaling Museum, upon her death, has acquired one of Joanna’s rugs, “New Bedford in 1810” for their collection.
After Stuart Orton’s passing in 1994, Joanna married Per Jensen of Speculator, New York. Together Jo and Pete enjoyed many years of road trip adventures, wintering at Travelers Rest and European travel. A highlight was visiting Pete’s place of birth in Norway and reconnecting with an exchange student from Lillehammer Jo and Stu had hosted in Rahway. After Per Jensen’s passing in 2009, Joanna moved to Wake Robin in Shelburne, Vermont, where she happily spent the remaining twelve years of her life.
Joanna is predeceased by her brother William Durand and leaves her brother Fred Durand. She leaves her devoted daughter, Sara Orton Glickman, her doting “favorite son in law” Carl Glickman, her beloved granddaughters Jennifer Stapper and Rachel Glickman, their wonderful husbands Volker Stapper and Henry Zacchini, her bright and talented great grandchildren Lea Stapper, Noah Stapper, Amelia Glickman and Clara Quinn Zacchini, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She loved you all.
Joanna Orton Jensen’s ashes will be interred in the Orton plot in the Fairfax Plains Cemetery in a private ceremony with Rev Susan Cooke Kittredge attending. On a date TBD next summer there will be a “Circle of Remembrance” at the same location.
Donations in memory of Joanna would be gratefully received by the Fairfax Historical Society toward renovations of their museum on Main Street. Checks may to sent to PO Box 145, Fairfax, VT 05454. Please visit awrfh.com to share your memoires and condolences.
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: July 14, 2022, 05:29:32 PM
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The library has many new books this summer! On the list of new books, you’ll find a cookbook from America’s Test Kitchen called, Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings, and a new book by Vermont author Bill McKibben called, The Flag, the Cross, & the Station Wagon. You might also choose to read Mary Pipher’s new memoir called, A Life in Light, or reflections on time spent fishing in Casting Onward: Adventures in Search of America’s Native Gamefish, by Steve Ramirez.
Here are some of the new fiction books in the library: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers; Good Morning, Love, by Ashley M. Coleman; An Island Wedding, by Jenny Colgan; Flint and Mirror, by John Crowley; Fellowship Point, by Alice Elliott Dark; and Look Closer, by David Ellis.
Find more new books listed on the library website at: fairfaxvtlibrary.org. You can also contact us at the library at 802-849-2420 with any questions. Thank you!
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: July 11, 2022, 02:53:19 PM
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Board of Trustees Meeting July 21, 2022 6:30 PM
Call to Order Approval of Minutes from May 19, 2022, meeting Treasurer's Report Correspondence
Updates: Library Highlights since our last meeting Summer Reading Program Early Literacy Program Elementary Classes Book Distribution
New Business: Review draft of Computer Use Policy Plan ahead & discuss how we could recognize 50 years of the library
Attending remotely? Join with this Zoom info: Topic: Fairfax Library Trustee Meeting Time: Jul 21, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86019409651
Meeting ID: 860 1940 9651 Passcode: 639128
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: July 04, 2022, 05:22:09 PM
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Thomas Joseph Neapolitano, 81, passed away on Thursday June 30, 2022 at McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester. He was born and grew up in Schenectady, New York on January 3, 1941 son of the late Gaetano and Amy (Pirro) Neapolitano.
After graduating from UVM Tom settled in Fairfax, VT where he enjoyed his passion of raising animals and vegetable gardening. He also taught science classes at Milton High School for over 30 years and loved to educate young adults and help shape their lives. His talents and hard work at gardening were recognized every year with top placements in many different vegetable categories at the Champlain Valley Fair. Tom was driven by hard work and was constantly involved in an activity. He served on the Fairfax Zoning Board for many years, he catered bbq chicken dinners for large events, ran the concession at the quarter horse show at the Essex Fairground, owned the Cobweb hall in Georgia, and loved to gather and entertain people. His hobbies, in addition to animals and vegetables, included hunting and fishing, woodworking and making custom gun stocks, refurbishing various types of firearms, shooting and reloading, spending time with his friends in Vermont and North Carolina, playing the bass guitar and saxophone in several bands over the years, and enjoying cooking at home. Some of his favorite things to make included grilled steak, homemade pasta and sauce, Easter pies, homemade maple syrup, and apple pies. In his later years Tom and Becky enjoyed spending the winters in North Carolina where they would look for flea market treasures together. When Tom did relax, he enjoyed watching TV, especially his favorite show Jeopardy.
Tom and Becky Neapolitano spent 57 years together; he is also survived by 2 nephews Darryl Neapolitano of Wilton, NY and Matthew Neapolitano of Schenectady, NY; a grandnephew Hunter Neapolitano of Wilton, NY; many loving cousins and his feline companion Rusty and faithful companion Bella.
Visiting hours will be held on Thursday July 7, 2022 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at A W Rich Funeral Home – Fairfax Chapel. No other services will be held at this time. Memorial contributions in Tom’s memory may be made to the Fletcher Historical Society, 629 Fairfax Road, Fletcher, VT 05444. Please visit awrfh.com to share your memories and condolences.
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