Clifford Elwin Ryea Jr.1

M, #34712, b. Jul 26, 1927, d. Mar 28, 2012
Father*Clifford Elwin Ryea1 b. Jul 8, 1898, d. Sep 24, 1962
Mother*Edith Annie Lockwood1 b. Feb 15, 1904, d. May 18, 1998

Family

Grace Barbara Marcou b. Mar 10, 1924, d. Dec 22, 1993
Child

Chronological Events

Birth*Jul 26, 1927 Clifford Elwin Ryea Jr. was born on Jul 26, 1927 at Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.1,2 
 He was the son of Clifford Elwin Ryea and Edith Annie Lockwood.1 
Marriage*Jan 28, 1945 Clifford Elwin Ryea Jr. married Grace Barbara Marcou, daughter of Leon Ira Marcou and Nellie Edna Wheeler, on Jan 28, 1945 at Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont, United States.1 
Death*Mar 28, 2012 Clifford Elwin Ryea Jr. died on Mar 28, 2012, at age 84 at Helen Porter Health Care & Rehabilitation Center, Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, United States.3 
ObituaryMar 29, 2012  OBITUARY: BRANDON/WHITING - Clifford E. Ryea Jr., 84, died Wednesday March 28, 2012 at Helen Porter Health Care and Rehabilitation Center after an accidental fall on December 11, 2011 with his family by his side.

Born July 16, 1927 in Lincoln, N.J., he was the son of the late Clifford and Edith (Lockwood) Ryea Sr.

Clifford loved to play music on his harmonica, guitar and mandolin; he also enjoyed camping, blue grass music and had a great love for animals.

In his early years Clifford worked for B.F. Goodrich in New Hampshire and moved to Vermont in 1953 working at Dutton's sawmill, in his later years he became a carpenter for several large companies and became a foreman for Mike Quesnel retiring in 1990.

Survivors include his children, Priscilla Pritchard and her husband David, of Underhill, VT, Sandra Felion and her husband Richard, of Milton, IL, and Clifford E. Ryea III and his companion Patricia Casey, of Leicester, VT, by his sister, Margarett Barrett, of Florida, by several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also by his companion Leola Bennett.

He was predeceased by his beloved wife Grace B. (Marcou) Ryea who he married January 27, 1945 in Windsor, VT; she predeceased him in December of 1993.

There will be no services per Clifford's wishes.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home www.sandersonfuneralservice.com

Published in the Addison County Independent (VT) - Sunday, January 1, 2012.4
 
Burial*Apr 1, 2012 He was buried on Apr 1, 2012 at Brookside Cemetery, Leicester, Addison County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 87733110.5 

Citations

  1. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S79] Gravestones - Find-A-Grave.com, online at findagrave.com.
  3. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  4. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  5. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.