Joseph J. Rosenberger, Jr.

Bridgewater Corners, formerly of Woodstock,Vt.

Joseph J. Rosenberger, Jr., 73, passed away on Friday September 13, 2019 at the Jack Byrnes Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Lebanon, NH.

Joe was born on August 9, 1946 in Bronx, NY the son of Joseph, Sr. and Viola (Hoffmeister) Rosenberger.

Joe graduated from Scotch Plain-Fanwood High School (NJ) and earned an associates degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hartford, CT. He served in the US Army in Vietnam, and later, as a military aide to Commander Fort Shaftner in Hawaii. Joe returned to the New York City and the New Jersey area working at a number of exclusive restaurants and hotels.

In August of 1990, Joe married the love of his life, Elizabeth (Beth) Mellet. Together they moved to Vermont in 1998, where Joe worked for a number of food service organizations including; Dartmouth College and Jakes  Quechee Market.

Joe enjoyed being out of doors. He liked to hunt, fish and work outside.

He is survived by his wife Beth, his son Michael, his brother Stephen and many extended family and friends. His son Matthew followed him in death early Sunday morning. He is also pre-deceased by his parents and a sister, Viola Call.

Visiting hours for Joe, and his son Matthew will be held on Wednesday September 18^th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, VT. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday September 19^th at 11:00am at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church. Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers or for those wishing to make memorial donations; The Lucy MacKenzie Humane Society, P. O. Box 702, Brownsville, VT  05037 or the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care,  https://dhmcalumdev.hitchcock.org/Byrne-Center-for-Palliative-and-Hospice-Care

Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, VT. An on-line guest book can be found at cabotfh.com

Matthew J. Rosenberger

Clarksville, TN formerly of Woodstock, VT

Matthew J. Rosenberger, 28, died early Sunday morning September 15, 2019 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center following a medical event while home to visit his father.

Matt was born on February 10, 1991 in Dover, NJ the son of Joseph J., JR., and Elizabeth (Mellet) Rosenberger.

Matt graduated from Woodstock Union High School in 2009 and went to work for Dartmouth College. In 2014, he enlisted in the US Army. He was first stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and then deployed to Afghanistan and later to Iraq. Matthew returned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky and completed  Special Forces Training to advance his military career. He was currently serving with the HHC 1^st Battalion 160 SOAR unit.

Matthew is survived by his wife Sarah Follansbee, his mother Beth, his brother Mike, his maternal grandmother, Nancy “Gigi” Mellet and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by his father Joe.

Visiting hours for Matt and his father Joseph will be held on Wednesday September 18^th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, VT. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday September 19^th at 11:00am at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church. Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers or for those wishing may make memorial donations to; the Lucy MacKenzie Humane Society, P. O. Box 702, Brownsville, VT  05037

Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, VT an on line guest book can be found at cabotfh.com

John “Jack” Crowl

John “Jack” Crowl, a man universally loved by those who knew him,  died at the Jack Byrne Center on September 11^th. He had a short lived but tenacious blood disorder. His last few weeks were physically hard but he was still working with teams of doctors at Dartmouth Hitchcock to combat the disease. His family was with him every step of the way.

Jack was a founder of The Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper aimed to make a difference in academia by focusing on delivering the news to teachers and administrators all over the nation. Jack began as a reporter  (his lifetime dream) and then managing editor and finally publisher and CFO. Jack’s reporting and overseeing the newsroom earned them a George Polk award and him an AAUP Writer Award.

Jack was a Type-1 diabetic and noticed that when he visited his second home in Woodstock, his insulin requirements were substantially less than they were in Washington, D.C., while working at The Chronicle.  He opted for early retirement at 52 and moved full-time to Vermont.

Floundering at first from lack of routine, he and his wife thought that buying the farm stand for sale in West Woodstock might be a fun affair. And he did enjoy the planning. But the execution and the demand that retail puts on owners was not for him. Luckily it was right up his son Patrick’s alley, so he turned the store over to Patrick and enjoyed watching him make sure The Woodstock Farmers’ Market excelled.

All was not lost for Jack. He not only was a trustee of many Vermont organizations but always lent a hand with whatever expertise he could share. The Vermont Arts Council, The Vermont Folklife Center, Vermont, Vermont Life and Eating Well Magazines, VPR and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

All the contacts he made working as he did led to his opening a publishing house, Thistle Hill Publications. He won awards or was cited for every single book he published. Most were about a segment of Vermont people. He closed it in  2015.

Jack leaves behind his devoted wife, Gaal Shepherd Crowl, his loving son, Patrick, his daughter-in-law Stacy, his grandson Liam and his former wife and mother of Patrick, Dana Crowl. He has left an emptiness in many lives, having touched so many people. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to ChaD (Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth.)

An on line guest book can be found at cabotfh.com

Nancy Kaye (Hansen) Peterson

Nancy Kaye (Hansen) Peterson died at home on August 26^th from  Alzheimer’s disease and colon cancer.

She was born in Muskegon, MI on September 30^th, 1942 and  graduated with honors from Muskegon Heights High School in 1960.  She attended St. Olaf College from 1960-61 where she met her husband Lynn.

They were married in Grand Haven, MI in 1962 and began married life in New York City where Nancy worked at the Presbyterian Hospital and attended Columbia’s college while Lynn attended Columbia medical school.   In 1965 Nancy and Lynn moved to Boston where Lynn began a surgical internship at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Nancy worked at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

In July, 1967 they moved to Bethesda, Maryland where Nancy completed her college education at George Washington University while Lynn completed his military service at the of National Institutes of Health.

They returned to Boston in 1969 where Nancy earned a Masters degree in teaching at Simmons College and Lynn completed his training in general surgery at  the Brigham.   In 1973 Lynn joined the Harvard Medical School faculty where he taught students in surgery and ethics, did a variety of research projects and cared for patients until he retired in 2004.  It was in the Boston area that Nancy raised her children Kathryn and Matthew and developed her passion for Bernese Mountain Dogs.

From 1983 until 1985, Nancy, Lynn and their children  lived in Oxford, England where Lynn studied ethics and they traveled extensively as a family in Europe.  Later Nancy and Lynn traveled in the far east, the middle east, central and south America and Canada.

Nancy and Lynn came to love the New England countryside, especially Vermont, so they purchased a home and 103 acres of forestland in 1988 in Woodstock’s Curtis Hollow.   They completed a renovation of their home in 2002 and moved to Curtis Hollow permanently in 2004.  Nancy and Lynn joined Woodstock’s North Unitarian-Universalist Society in 2004 where they have been active members.  Nancy was a member of the Caring Committee, worked on the church’s community dinners for 10 years and participated in book and discussion groups.

In 2013 Nancy developed Alzheimer’s disease which progressed to an advanced stage by 2017.   She received lots of care at Springfield’s Adult Day Care program as well as at the Thompson Senior Center and for 6 months at the Scotland House.   She developed an advanced stage of colon cancer in 2017; this was treated with surgery but it recurred in her brain this year aggravating her Alzheimer’s.  She received excellent care for 3 months in the Memory Unit at the Village in White River Junction  and Bayada provided excellent  care for Nancy at home for the last month of her life.   Nancy leaves her husband Lynn of 57 years, her daughter Kathryn,  grandchildren Kiran and Freya  and son-in-law Roy.  She is predeceased by her sister Sally and son Matthew.

A memorial service is planned for 10:30 am on Saturday, September 28th at the North Chapel, 7 Church St, Woodstock, VT.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the North Chapel in Nancy’s memory.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, VT. An on line guest book can be found at cabotfh.com

John Hyde Larson

John Hyde Larson, 88, died peacefully August 27^th at Woodstock Terrace in Woodstock, Vermont surrounded by family.

John was born on September 15, 1930 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Roy Frank and Olive Hathaway (Alden) Larson.

He grew up in Landsdowne, PA and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1953.  He then received his Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955.  He and his wife Priscilla then moved to Sasebo, Japan, where John was a Supply Corp officer with the U.S. Navy.

After returning from serving in Japan, John worked as a city planner in New Jersey before beginning a long career in the energy industry. He and Priscilla raised their children in Hagerstown, MD and Westport, CT.  Before retiring to Barnard, Vermont, John was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Energy Corporation and the Southern Connecticut Gas Company.

In addition to enjoying his time with family, John loved gardening, sailing, and travelling the world with Priscilla.  Prior to and during John’s retirement, he served on many boards for community efforts including: Vice Chair of Bridgeport Hospital, Chair of the Management Advisory Committee in Bridgeport, Acting Director of Finance for the City of Bridgeport,  Trustee for Bolt Technology Corporation, Trustee for the Clara Martin Center in Randolph, Trustee for the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, volunteer consultant for International Executive Service Corporation (Vladimir, Russia), and President of the Barnard Education Fund. John also received numerous awards, including the MIT Corporate Leadership Award in 1987, the Century Service Award (Bridgeport, CT) Boys and Girls Club in 1991, and the Richard P. Bodine Community Leadership Award in 1993.

John is survived by his children: Michael Larson and his wife Linda of Hampton Beach, NH, Christopher Larson and his wife Lynne of Andover, NJ, and Cynthia Kline and her husband Christopher of Essex Junction, VT; seven grandchildren: Matthew, John, Kathryn, Laura, Robert, Carter, and Amelia; and great grandchild Olivia. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 54 years, Priscilla (Beane) Larson in 2007, as well as his brothers, Peter Larson of Wilmington, DE and David Larson of San Mateo, CA.

A memorial service will be held at Old Christ Church in Bethel, VT on Saturday, September 21 at 1:00pm. Burial will be private.

John’s children express many thanks to the wonderful staff at Woodstock Terrace and the Bayada Hospice organization for their compassionate and loving care of their father.

Those wishing to do so may make contributions in John’s name to Christ Episcopal Church, 13 North Main Street, Bethel, VT 05032 or to the Barnard Fire Department, P.O. Box 857, Barnard, VT 05031.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, VT. An on-line guest book can be found at www.cabotfh.com

Charles Jackson III

RUTLAND — Charles Jackson III died unexpectedly on Aug. 27, 2019. Born in 1950 in Boston, Ma., he was the only son of Charles and Mary Frothingham Jackson. He grew up in Dover, Ma. He graduated from St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H. and New York University, and attended Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Ma.

He worked as a carpenter in Massachusetts and Maine before moving to Woodstock where he was employed several years by F.W. Frizzell and Company. In 1980 he bought Echo Farm in North Pomfret where he moved with his then partner Alicia Jenks. He single-handedly built new barns from the ground up and fixed other existing buildings. It was there that he began honing his farming skills and raising cattle.

He immersed himself in the community, serving for a while with the volunteer fire department and as a selectman. Each spring he sugared with his neighbor Wilfred Moore and developed his interest in Buttonwood trees as a specialty wood. Charley enjoyed life and work on his farm and deeply loved Vermont’s agricultural heritage. He often relied on his local network of farming friends whom he held in high regard for support and advice.

In 2006, he relocated to West Haven where his new farm offered pasture to expand his herd. He focused on development of his much loved Red Angus cows and constantly working to improve the herd for its gentleness and taste of the meat. He continued his interest in enhancing the productivity of his fields and reclaiming additional land for agricultural use. He built a sugarhouse and initiated sugaring again with his good friend and farming partner, Keaton Dahlin. In West Haven he found a new supportive wonderful community who helped him with the beautiful farm and herd he left behind.

Charley was a lifelong learner and had a remarkable ability to read, assimilate and apply information on almost any subject. He was excellent at building and fixing just about anything. He was a truly unique individual with many friends who will miss his remarkable intellect and dry wit.

He leaves behind his wife, Luenn Walker, and five sisters—Rebecca Jackson of Petersham, Ma., Sarah Jackson of New York, N.Y., Laura Jackson of Dresden, Me., Mary Jackson of Cambridge, Ma., and Deborah Jackson Weiss of Chestnut Hill, Ma. — and many nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends.

At his request there will be no funeral. A celebration of his life will be organized sometime in the future.