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The Essex Reporter • November 25, 2015
Obituary Erin S. Parmenter
Erin Shea Parmenter, 53, of Essex Junction, peacefully passed away on Monday, Nov. 16 in her home surrounded by her family following a brave battle with cancer. Erin was born on Sept. 11, 1962 in Bennington, the daughter of James Shea, M.D. and Jean Pearce Shea. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. On Aug. 27, 1988, she was married to Bruce K. Parmenter in Bennington. She worked for the Essex Junction school district for several years as a substitute teacher and was currently employed at Lake Champlain Chocolates, but her favorite job was being a mother. Erin enjoyed spending time in the sunshine, especially at the beach, with her family and a good book. Erin spoiled her kids rotten and firmly believed laughter was the best medicine. She was always known for doing anything and everything to make her loved ones feel special, whether it be sending over-the-top care packages, making favorite foods, or taking her kids out of school to go skiing. Erin’s house had an open door policy to all, and
Erin S. Parmenter
the walls were filled with family pictures, memories and artwork from her kids throughout the years. She had a special relationship with her sister Lauren, known as Noonie to the family, from the day they were children, where Erin played both protector and antagonist. Even to this day, Erin never fails to be Noonie’s inspiration and hero. Our favorite part of the week was Sunday night dinner where no conversation was off limits and we laughed until we cried. Erin and her husband, Bruce, shared a marriage of almost 30 years that painted a vivid picture of how much love and compassion they shared for each other. A marriage that their four children
wish to emulate in the future. Throughout Erin’s courageous battle, Bruce showed the power of their bond by never leaving her side and being a pillar of strength in this difficult time. She and Bruce raised four incredible children with lives filled with motivation, laughter and unconditional love. She is survived by her devoted husband, Bruce, their four amazing children — Ben, along with his girlfriend Krissa Bean, Abby, Mary and Laura — her mother, Jean Shea, her mother-in-law Barbara Parmenter, her loving sister Lauren “Noonie” Shea and her wife Paula Miner, M.D., her sister, Sharon Shea Keneally and her husband Jerry Keneally, her brothers, Michael J. Shea and James S. Shea Jr., several aunts, uncles, inlaws, nieces, nephews, and many, many supportive friends She was predeceased by her father, James S. Shea M.D. and father-in-law Walt Parmenter. A celebration of Erin’s life will be held on Friday, Nov. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Catamount Country Club in Williston. Please wear bright colors and a smile in memory of Erin. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions to VNA/ Hospice of the Champlain Valley, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446.
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Engagement
Deschamps-Moshang engagement Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deschamps of Essex announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Nicole Deschamps, to Peter Edward Moshang, son of Dr. Mary Anne Gazdick of Blue Bell, Pa., and the late Dr. Thomas Moshang. Laura Deschamps is a graduate of Essex High School and the University of Richmond. She is currently a fourth-year medical student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Peter Moshang is a graduate of Germantown Academy and the University of Richmond. He received his J.D. from Boston University and works as an associate attorney at Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager, P.C. in West Conshohocken, Pa. A June 2016 wedding is planned in Shelburne.
Peter Moshang and Laura Deschamps
Wedding
Whitehead-Curtis wedding Ethan Curtis and Emily Whitehead were married by Justice of the Peace Robin Myers-Moore in a double ring ceremony at The Ponds at Bolton Valley on Sept. 27, 2015. Both the bride and groom are graduates of Essex High School and Castleton University, and they both are employed at Essex High School. They live in Colchester. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Whitehead and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Curtis. Attendants at the ceremony were Best Man Andrew Bleau; groomsmen Dylan Greer, Matthew Greer, Jamie Chadurijan, Johnny Joseph, Nick Monell and Joe Beckert; Maid of Honor Alison Jette and bridesmaids Hannah Puisto, Shelby Sheehan, Erin Jacobs, Shannon O’Brien, Taylor Scheps, Andrea Janny and Brianna Wolfe. The couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic.
Emily Whitehead Curtis.
Volunteers
By Sue Alenick United Way Volunteer
Volunteer once a week, once a month or once in a while. The listings below are a sample of the 300+ volunteer needs from more than 250 agencies found online at www.unitedwaycc. org. More information available at 860-1677, Mon.Fri. from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. HOLIDAY GIFTS – A number of agencies provide
holiday gifts for those who might otherwise go without and need volunteers to donate these much appreciated items. This is a great holiday activity for families, workplaces, clubs and other groups: ANEW Place – Sponsor a homeless adult by donating bus passes, new clothing, gift cards to local stores, or make a monetary donation that will be used to purchase
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gifts. Contact Hannah Andersen at 862-9879 or email Hannah@anewplacevt. org. Champlain College, Single Parents Program – You will be matched with a singleparent family to sponsor by providing gifts from their wish list. Contact Hilary Watson at 860-2723 or email hwatson@champlain. edu.
Essex High School 1st quarter Honor roll 12th grade:
Henry Adams, Sarah Ames, Peter Barrows, Ethan Bartlett, Victoria Bean, Brandon Beauchemin, Clara Behrman, Alexander Benevento, Christina Bhandari, Jacob Bleau, Jonathon Bosley, Curtis Boudreau, Hannah Bovee, Talia Boyers, Anna Burke, Dylan Clark-Boucher, Jonathan Compo, Alison Cooley, Madison Corkum, Holly Dahlgren, Matthew Davis, Amber Doney, Elena Doty, Sarah Dramstad, Jordan Dumouchel, Joseph Dunton, Abigail Evans, Charlotte Evans, Peter Feehan, Noah Ferris, Bailey Gaskill, Kelli Geney, Ryan Giroux, Brennan Goodrich, Emily Goodrich, Tyler Goss, Riley Groll, Kevin Hancock, Mychaela Harton, Ethan Harvey, Jacob Hertle, Noah Kagan, Reid Kamhi, Ruby Kelly, Samantha Kershner, Beny Kiesse, Dylan Kozlowski, Gitanjali Krishna, Erin Lavigne, Isaac Lee, Chloe Lemmel-Hay, Feora Leveillee, Michelle Loper, Therese Lupariello, Megan Macfarlane, Avery MacGillivray, Patrick Mack, Glory Mapenzi, Sullivan Martin, Allison Matthews, MacKenzie Mazza, Melissa Morris, Shaun Morris, Zoe Moss, Erin Murphy, Grace Murphy, Henry Newman, Molly Noel, Christopher Nuckols, Jacob O’Connell, Ryan O’Leary, Hollie Parks, Adam Petrucci, Anh Pham, Megan Pidgeon, Lindsay Pius, Luke Potasiewicz, Ethan Powell, Alexandra Prior, Belma Puzic, Kyle Riester, Nathaniel RodrigueHotchkiss, Allison Rutz, Danilo Salgado, Ariel Salmon, Nicole Seaver, Eva Seyller, Emma Shea, Erik Short, Amanda Sinkewicz, Meghan Smith, Spencer Sochin, Julie Steider,
Madison Stephenson, David St-Pierre, Marc StPierre, Elena Tall, Sophia Tall, Megan Tetrault, Austin Theriault, Sarah Tobey, Aidan Travers, Taylor Truax, Sean Vanzo, Alexandre Verville, Evelyn Vinson, Jordan Walsh, Ashley Warren
11th grade:
Christopher Abajian, Sarah Abeling, Hari Adhikari, Jordan Appenzeller, Chikelo Asanya, Geraughty Badger, Noah Baez, Hannah Baker, Julianna Battig, Nicholas Benevento, Christopher Bird Jr., Stephan Bishop-Mercier, Shanti Boyle, Beverly Briley, Spencer Bruner, Benjamin Centracchio, Megan Charland, Shawn Cimonetti, Jamie Coli, Bethany Conner, Brian Cookingham, Tyhe Cooper, Hannah Danis, Audrey Dawson, Eric DeWitt, Michelle Echelberger, Adam Ely, Matthew Emery, Zoe Filan, Keegan Fitzgerald, Robin Forcier, Abigail Gehsmann, Jay Grant, Danyeh Gutema, Cicely Haggerty, Lindsay Hallowell, Katherine James, Chloe Jensen, Lauren Johnson, Lindsey Kalamasz, Tyler Kaminski, Leah Kelleher, Katarina Krizanac, Noah Lampron, Sydney LaPlant, Daniel Laskarzewski, Alexis Latuch, Connor LeBlanc, Sabrina Liguori, Ian Lyle, Jason Maher, Jason Mailman, Abigail Malle, James Mashrick, Clayton McMahon, Marisa Minadeo, Brittany Moore, Alistair Murphy, Alexander Pearce, Daniel Rainville, Zoe Sheppard, John Stawinski, Julianna Stone, Jessica Stowe, Kylie Svarczkopf, Kirk Teare, Emily Tupaj, Hannah Turner, Kristyn Van Allen, Olivia Villemaire, Caleb Weis, Henry Weith, Audrey Wilbur, Emily Wootton,
Louden Yandow, Keegan Yao, Kiara Zambrano
10th grade:
Dakota Allen, Jared Almeida, Megan Ardren, Michael Ashley, Julia Bamford, Justin Barnes, Noah Beckage, Ethan Brueckner, Emily Bulger, Mya Burghardt, Kaitlyn Butkus, Justin Carlson, Anna Charland, Connor Charland, Rachel Conner, Andrew Cooledge, Jack Cronin, Regan Day, Nicholas DiLello, Olivia Duncan, Giulia Eddy, Megan Forbes, Haley Fox, Donovan Garcia-Buckler, Gabrielle Garza, Preston Gordon, Allison Green, Jack Guntulis, Alex He, Samantha Hemphill, Jordan Hines, Kylee Hope, Molly Horrigan, Lauren House, Isaac Johnson, Molly Kenny, Maverick King, Alexandra Knight, Kevin Kunker, Amy Laskarzewski, Zachary LeClair, Ciera Manrique, Chantalle Nguyen, Nicholas Norton, Sosenna Palmer, Kristina Pretty, Cameron Quinn, Nicholas Russotti, Addison Scanlon, Shulei Shen, Emily Singer, Emily Smith, Josephine Sumner, Eric Wakim, Morgan Whitney, Sean Williams, Broderick Yates, Ryan Young
9th grade:
Peter Alden, Riley Allen, Jason Angelos, Grace Asoera, Stephen Astor, Madison Audy, Joshua Baker, Michael Baker, Shawn Baker, Jessica Beliveau, Valerie Bessette, Amy Bissonnette, Rachael Bombardier, Eva Bosley, Jeremy Brennan, Aidan Briley, Brendan Brooks, Grace Brouillette, Molly Bruyns, Lily Bulger, Calvin Burnett, Clara Byors, Lindsey Centracchio, Olivia Chan, Brandon Charles, Clayton Cheney, Gabrielle Churchman, Kate
Connolly, Patrick Cooper, Sarah Coulter, Abigail Couture, Eva CunninghamFirkey, Mehdi Daoudi, Kathryn Deibler, Margaret Donahue, Amy Dong, Alexis Donna, Olivia Doty, Isabella Dunn, Tyler Elias, Samuel Evans, Kaylan Ferreira, Kathryn Ferry, Madeline Folsom, Syd Frolik-Roberts, Jackson Garrow, Abigael Gleason, Evan Goff, Emily Gonyeau, Connor Goodrich, Elizabeth Goodrich, Alexandra Gordon, Ryan Guerino, Jack Hamilton, Jamaal Hankey, Carter Harrison, Tess Hastings, Taylor Hella, Jonah Janaro, Peter Kagan, Trevor Kaminski, Tia Kane, Zachary Kershner, Upama Khatiwoda, Ali Kirouac, Avery Kupferer, Cameron Lamphere, Nguyen Le, Cole Logan, Jaida Luck, Grace Lu, Adam Lyon, Ross Macy, Bridget Maher, Drew Marcotte, Francesca Martin, Kylie Martin, Caitlin McClellan, Jake McIntyre, Aubrey McKenna, Robert Meslin, Dominic Minadeo, Lucienne Miquel, Abigail
Monahan, Kathryn Monty, Brennan Moreau, Hannah Neddo, Vina Nguyen, Yasmine Nsame, Isaak Olson, Bryce Orner, Peter Osiecki, Noah Palker, Adin Peco, Olivia Percy, Isabelle Petrucci, Olivia Ploof, Ashley Poulin, Huntyr Poulin, Cole Powell, Santhosh Rajendran, Nicholas Rancourt, Madeline Reed, Madeleine Rose, Hannah Rouleau, Tyler Routhier, Kimberly Savage, Makenna Savoni, Gordon Schmalz, Connor Schultz, Samson Schultz, Amanda Seavers, Munroe Shearer, August Spagnuolo-Chawla, Devin Sparks, Benjamin Stewart, Samantha Stowe, Gabriel Streeter, Macy Stubbs, Jane Suryanata, Curtis Synnott, Hunter Tether, Bailey Tetrault, Angela Tiersch, Emily Trombley, Ida Tummons, Matthew Tupaj, Jacob Veilleux, Brandon Walker, Logan Williams, David Wrenner, Timothy Yandow, Jacob Yao, Madeline Young.
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Essex Automotive Services
REAR-SEAT SAfETy According to a recent study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, front-seat seat-belt use stands at 87 percent while rear-seat use by passengers age 8 years and older lags behind at 78 percent. Perhaps this discrepancy can be explained by many people’s misperception that the back seat is a safer place to sit than the front seat. However, an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study indicates that there is a 46 percent higher risk of dying in a crash in the back seat (even when wearing a seat belt) than in the front seat when driving in vehicles manufactured after 2006. The problem is that advancements in front-seat safety have yet to make it to the back seat. This week’s column is interesting and informative. At ESSEX AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, we strive to protect you and your family by continuously putting your safety above all else. Our ASEcertified technicians always make sure that your car gets the regular care it deserves, keeping it in good repair and saving you money. You can trust us with any repairs for your means of transportation. Call 802.879.1966 today, or bring your car to 141-147 Pearl St, Essex Jct. to have it checked. We offer same day service, and free customer shuttle. Ask us for details. It’s time to get your car ready for winter. Bring your car in today and let us help you prepare.“We do it all!”. We are open for Business!
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HINT: While airbags for rear-seat passengers currently protect against side impacts, safety experts are proposing rear airbags that deploy from the backs of front seats for added safety.