PAGE 6 — Addison Independent, Monday, February 26, 2018
ADDISON COUNTY
Obituaries
Dean Graham, 56, native of Middlebury SPARKS, Nev. — On February 3, 2018, Dean Graham passed away peacefully, Sparks, Nevada. Dean is survived by his wife, Martha (Kracunas) Graham, and their son, Ian M. Graham, by stepchildren James and Kelly Floyd, and by granddaughter Elli Rinaldi. He is also survived by his four sisters, Susan, Sarah, Sharon, and Sandra, as well as several nieces and nephews. Dean was born on April 25, 1961, in Middlebury, Vermont, the son of the late John W. and Elizabeth D. Graham of Weybridge, Vermont. He was a 1979 graduate of Middlebury Union High School. Dean had a life long love of broadcasting. In his radio career he worked at WVMT-AM and WXXX-FM in Burlington, Vermont, and WWYZ in Waterbury, Connecticut.
DEAN JOHN GRAHAM He embraced the Brotherhood of Freemasons and became Charter Master of the Paradise Valley Silver Trowel Lodge #29 in Phoenix, AZ. In lieu of flowers, Dean’s family requests that contributions to his final expenses may be made through gofundme.com/dean-graham. ◊
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Allen Stillman, 93, formerly of Middlebury SUFFIELD, CT. — Allen W. Stillman, of Suffield, Connecticut, formerly of Middlebury, Vermont, died on February 20, 2018. Born to Lillian Shaw Hemrich and Forest Stillman on June 21, 1924, Allen grew up and graduated from high school in Pittsfield, Mass. He served as an aviation radioman in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from Aurora University, his master’s degree in English from Syracuse University and his master’s degree in counseling from Queens College. He started his career as an English teacher and athletics coach at Elgin Academy in Illinois. He met his wife, Margery Lehmann Stillman, at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English in 1951. They married the following year, and began teaching English in Valley Stream, New York. Allen served Valley Stream Central High School for a period of 27 years as a dedicated and caring English teacher, guidance counselor, coach and adult school principal. He also was an elder in the Presbyterian church and a director at the Valley Stream Teachers’ Credit Union. Having spent summers on Lake Dunmore in Vermont for many years, Allen and Margery retired to Middlebury in 1979. There,
they were active members of the community, serving as guardians ad litem for the court system, delivering meals on wheels, assisting with blood drives, supporting the Town Hall Theater and participating in the Middlebury Friends of Art trips and purchase parties. Allen continued to deliver Meals on Wheels until he was 90. He also was a member of the Lions Club, where he worked to select candidates for college scholarships and was named a Melvin Jones fellow. Allen was a talented stained glass artist and member of the Vermont Hand Crafters Association. He had a life-long love of sports and was an ardent supporter of Middlebury College ice hockey. His family will long remember and miss his gentle, loving and supportive nature. Allen is survived by two daughters and their spouses, Peggy and David Truesdale of Manheim, Pa., and Amy and Tom Kulig of East Granby Ct.; four grandchildren, Christina Catana and her husband Michael, of Hamilton, N.J.; Stephen Truesdale of Flint, Michigan; Jennalee Kulig of Monterey, Ca., and Haylee Kulig of Somerville, Mass.; as well as two great grandchildren, Sophia and Michaela Catana. He also leaves behind his beloved partner of twelve years, Lois Hill of Lenox, Mass., and his faithful cat, Benny.
ALLEN W. STILLMAN A private graveside funeral in Salisbury will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lions Club of Middlebury Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 5, Middlebury, Vt. 05753, or the Addison County Humane Society, 236 Boardman Street, Middlebury, Vt. 05753. Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home of Suffield, Ct., has care of his arrangements. To send online notes of condolences, please visit carmonfuneralhome.com.
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