Velma Mae Bingham1 
F, #23637, b. Sep 5, 1922, d. Feb 16, 2011
Family | Gordon Basil Whittier b. Feb 16, 1920, d. Jun 10, 1992 | |
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| Birth* | Sep 5, 1922 | Velma Mae Bingham was born on Sep 5, 1922 at Stewartstown, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States .1 |
| Marriage* | Jun 24, 1946 | She married Gordon Basil Whittier, son of Basil Henry Whittier and Mabel May Bryant, on Jun 24, 1946 at Island Pond, Essex County, Vermont, United States.1 |
| Death* | Feb 16, 2011 | Velma Mae Bingham died on Feb 16, 2011, at age 88 at Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States, under the last name Grant, Deldon Raymond.1 |
| Obituary | Feb 18, 2011 | OBITUARY: Velma M. Grant, 88, of Derby Line died on February 16, 2011, in Newport. She was born September 5, 1922, in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire, a daughter of Clifford and Isabelle (Larabee) Bingham. She married Gordon Whittier who predeceased her in 1992. In 1997 she married Deldon Grant who predeceased her on October 7, 2008. Mrs. Grant graduated from Lyndon Normal School with a degree in teaching. She taught for the West Charleston school system and others for 40 years. She loved to garden with her husband and daughter, and she also enjoyed feeding the birds and bird watching. She enjoyed her home and she always looked forward to family visits and organized many family visits and reunions at Gray's camp on Lake Seymour. She was extremely active making arts and crafts and enjoyed giving them away for gifts. She also had horses for many years, and she enjoyed snowmobiling to camp on Unknown Pond. She also liked to travel as she and Deldon wintered in Arizona for ten years. Mrs. Grant will be dearly missed by her longtime friend Phyllis "Uncle Bill" Burbank. She is survived by her children: Linda Wilkie and her husband, Bruce, of Derby Line, Duane Whittier and his wife, Teena, of Derby Line; by her grandchildren: Mathiew Whittier of Derby Line, Jenna Whittier of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Clifford Wilkie and his wife, Jennifer, of Maine; by a great-granddaughter, Olivia Mae Wilkie; and by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sisters: Evelyn Drew, Bernice Glasson, Frances Lumbra, and Alta Brown; and by her brothers Howard, Marshall, and Ralph Bingham. Funeral services were held at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home in Newport on February19, 2011 with the Reverend Richard Whitehill officiating. Spring interment will be in the Derby Center cemetery. Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the Area Agency on Aging—Meals on Wheels, 59 Waterfront Plaza, #14, Newport, Vermont 05855. Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Published online curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com.2 |
| Burial* | Feb 20, 2011 | She was buried on Feb 20, 2011 at Derby Center Cemetery, Derby Center, Orleans County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 71932078.3 |
Citations
- [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
- [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
- [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.