St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-06-28
RECENT DEATHS
VaTIee.

VaIIee.
Mrs. Cyrille ValIee, formerly Miss
Camille Lachance, and q sister of
Rev. FIR. l.. H .Lachance of this place,
died at the st. Johnsbury Hospital
Saturday night after an illness of
three weeks. She was born in st.
Elzear, Beauce Co., Quebec, about
SO years ago. Most OF her life was
spent in Manchester, N. H., but the
her brother, Rev. FIR. Lachance in
Montgomery and South Hero. Her
husband has for the past IL years
been in the gold fields OF the Klon-
dixie. She leaves three brothers and
two sisters: Edouard on the old
home place, st. Elzear, Que, ]. Bap-
atiste and Albert of Saint Occur de
Marie, Megantic, Co., Joseph of Thet-
ford Mines, who was the only one
who could be present at the funeral
from away, and Rev. FIR. Lachance of
this place, Mrs. Louis Blais of
Broughton, and Mrs. Joseph Gag
non of st. Pierre, Broughton. The
funeral was held from Notre Dame
church Tuesday morning, with the
best ceremony the church affords,
and burial was in Mt. Calvary GEM
etery.
Kendall.
The death of Mrs. Maria A. Ken
dali which occurred at her home on
Pearl street last week Monday night
came as surprise to her friends and
relatives as she was i'll so short a
time. She was the daughter of JON
athan and Abigail (Chapman) Po-
land and was born in Fairfield, July
Is, 1928. She was twice married, her
first husband being Josiah Gage,
who died a number of years ago leav-
ing two children, Mrs. Clarence w.
Plummer of Lakeport, N. H., and
Josiah B. Gage Of Clean, N. Y. Her
second husband, Larnard l.. Ken
dali, died in 1888, leaving one son,
Col. Frank L., Kendall of Rochester,
N. II. She also leaves one grand
son, Kenneth Russell Kendall, and
two brothers, Ezra Poland, who made
his home with his sister, and Orrin
Poland of Connecticut Col. and
Mrs. Kendall and son, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Plummer came here for visit
and were with their mother at her
death, and Mr.. and Mrs. Gage left
their home as soon as they learned
of her illness, but did not reach here
until Tuesday night. Mrs. Kendall
church, and former pastor, Rev. J..
M. Frost of Waterville, Me-, came to
attend her funeral which was held
Thursday afternoon at her home.
Gibson.
Ezra Arthur Gibson died Tuesday,
June 49,. at his home five miles
northeast of ST. Joseph, Mo-, af-
ter an illness of one week. Mr.. Glib
son was born in Ryegate, May ~,
1859, and lived in Vermont until
March, 1910, when he moved to St.
Joseph, Mo. The early part of
net; for five years he was butter
years at Derby About six years ago
he moved to st. Johnsbury and was
shipping clerk for the st. Johns
bury Grocery Co. In 1880 he married
Miss Ella Smiley of Danville, who
survives him with one daughter,
Mrs. w. S. Kelley, of ST. Joseph,
Mo. Three brothers, Joseph,
of Kalispell, Montana, William, of
Barnet, James of Brattleboro, and
three sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Nelson,
Mrs. Dan Aiken, Miss Nettie Gibson,
all of Barnet, also survive him. He
was a member of the I. o. o. F. in
Newport. The funeral was held
from his home Friday morning, SER
vices conducted by the 1. O. o. F.
Interment was at the Green Valley
cemetery. He was an honored cit
izen and true Christian man.
Johnson.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Johnson of Burlington, formerly of
ST. Johnsbury will be sorry to learn
that their daughter, May L., died on
Monday, June IL, at the age of 81
years. She was born in Burlington,
was a graduate of the Burlington
High school and one year student
at the U. v. M. She was employed
for several years by the Porter
Screen Co., at Winooski, was COM
municant of St. PauPs church and
teacher in the Sunday school. She
has been ill a year and half, but
her death came suddenly and unex-
pectedly.