Donald Leonard Smedy1

M, #37658, b. Sep 23, 1931, d. Aug 13, 2012

Family

Pauline Wilhelmina Cecchini b. Jun 4, 1934, d. Jun 11, 2015
Child

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 23, 1931 Donald Leonard Smedy was born on Sep 23, 1931 at Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, United States.1,2 
Marriage*Sep 16, 1950 He married Pauline Wilhelmina Cecchini on Sep 16, 1950 at Barre, Washington County, Vermont, United States.1 
Death*Aug 13, 2012 Donald Leonard Smedy died on Aug 13, 2012, at age 80 at Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont, United States.3 
ObituaryAug 14, 2012  OBITUARY: BROOKFIELD - Donald Leonard Smedy, 80, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at his home in Brookfield, Vt.
He was born in Williamstown on Sept. 23, 1931, the son of Edgar and Eula (Martin) Smedy. He attended school in Barre and Williamstown.
On Sept. 16, 1950, he married Pauline Cecchini, of Barre. They lived in Williamstown, East Barre and Barre before moving to Brookfield where they lived for over 30 years. Don was a carpenter who started out working with his father before working for several area contractors. He later started his own carpentry business and his son, Donnie, worked with him. He was a good craftsman and he could build anything out of wood. He retired in 1993 due to ill health.
He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, woodworking and taking care of his home.
He is survived by his wife, Pauline Smedy, and a son, Donald R. Smedy, and his wife, Rebecca, all of Brookfield; three daughters, Janet King and her husband, Bob, of Chelsea, Vicki Gray and her husband, Bernie, of Barre, and Beth Hoehn and her husband, Tim, of West Lebanon, N.H; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Eunice Foster, of Florida, and Lois Keith, of Elmore; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a grandson, Adam Davis, who died July 25, 2012; two brothers, Robert and Harold Smedy; and three sisters, Eleanor Palmateer, Marion Foster and Phyllis Cardi.
There will be no public calling hours.

A graveside memorial service will be held Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Spring Road Cemetery in Tunbridge, with pastor Tom Harty officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Mason and Ava Davis Scholarship Fund, c/o North Country Credit Union, 49 Carleton Blvd., East Montpelier, VT 05651. Arrangements are under the direction of the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea.

Published in the Times Argus from Aug. 16 to Aug. 17, 2012.4
 
Burial*Aug 19, 2012 He was buried on Aug 19, 2012 at Spring Road Cemetery (New), Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 95422518.5 

Citations

  1. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  4. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  5. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #19.