Dorothy Stockwell1

F, #34074, b. Feb 27, 1902, d. Nov 29, 1990
Pedigree

Family

Eugene Merrill Ovitt b. Mar 16, 1903, d. May 15, 1948
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Feb 27, 1902 Dorothy Stockwell was born on Feb 27, 1902 at Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1,2 
Marriage*Dec 1, 1922 She married Eugene Merrill Ovitt, son of Silas Nelson Ovitt and Eliza Breer, on Dec 1, 1922 at Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
Death*Nov 29, 1990 Dorothy Stockwell died on Nov 29, 1990, at age 88 at VerDelle Village Nursing Home, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, from cardiac arrest.2 
ObituaryNov 30, 1990  OBITUARY: SHELDON SPRINGS - Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Ovitt, 88, lifelong resident of this area, died Thursday, November 29, 1990 at Verdelle Village Extended Care Facility. She was born in Swanton, February 27, 1902, the daughter of the late Willard and Martha (Hakey) Stockwell. She was the widow of Eugene M. Ovitt, Sr. who died on May 15, 1948.

Dorothy was a life member of Sheldon Post #88, American Legion Auxillary.

Survivors include three sons, Wesley E. Ovitt, Richard D. Ovitt, and Frederick M. Ovitt, all of Sheldon Springs; three daughters, Mrs. Hazel E. Tourangeau of Sheldon, Mrs. Alice J. Peters of Oxford, Connecticut and Mrs. Shirley A. King of Boulder, Colorado; 16 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Besides her husband, Eugene, she as predeceased by two sones, Everett Ovitt and Eugene Ovitt, Jr. and by a brother, Donald Stockwell.

Funeral serices will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Heald Funeral Chapel. Interment will be next spring in the family lot at Sheldon Village Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider contributations to Enosburg Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 224, Enosburg Falls, 05450. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Heald Funderal Home, 87 South Main Street, St. Albans.

Published in the St. Albans Daily Messenger, St. Albans, Vermont - December 1, 1990.3
 
Burial*Dec 2, 1990 She was buried on Dec 2, 1990 at Sheldon Village Cemetery, Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, as stated in the obituary.4 

Citations

  1. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #19 Genealogy Bank.
  5. [S815] Site - FamilySearch.org, online at http://www.familysearch.org