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Kevin Andrew Gelo, 49, beloved husband of Laura Gelo of Lowell, died suddenly April 6, 2001, in Newport.
Mr. Gelo was born on January 28, 1952, in Newport, a son of the late Malcolm and Margaret (Maloney) Gelo. He graduated from North Country Union High School in 1970. On May 10, 1986, he married Laura Arel, who survives him. He was a carpenter for Gerard Pion Construction for ten years, and more recently he drove truck for Deuso Trucking of North Hyde Park. He was a volunteer firefighter for Lowell Fire Department for 16 years. He enjoyed dirt biking, motorcycling, and fishing.
Besides his wife, Laura, of Lowell; he is survived by his two daughters, Kylie and Holly of Lowell; by his brothers and sisters: Gayle Gelo and her husband, Doug Garon, of Morgan, Dennis Gelo and his wife, Patricia, of Derby, and Bonnie Benware and her husband, Roger, of Lowell; by eight nieces and nephews: Derik, Erica, Chris, Cortney, Jill, Andrew, Kortni, and Olivia; and by aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 10, with the Reverend Jerome Mecure officiating. Spring interment will take place in St. Ignatuis Cemetery in Lowell.
Should friends desire, contributions in Mr. Gelo's memory may be made to Missisquoi Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 131, Troy, Vermont 05868.
Arrangements are by Curtis-Britch Funeral Homes.
Stanley L. Holbrook
Stanley Lucius Holbrook, 95, a descendant of an old Vermont family, died Friday, April 6, 2001, at Maple Lane Nursing Home in Barton.
Mr. Holbrook lived in Newport for six decades before moving to Maple Lane in 1997. He was a veteran employee of the former United States Post Office Department, the forerunner of the present U.S. Postal Service. Entering the department in 1928, he worked in the old Railway Mail Service (RMS) for 34 years prior to retirement for disability in 1962. Railway postal clerks handled mail in special cars aboard passenger trains, sorting letters enroute for ultimate dispatch at way stations – ordinarily without the trains stopping – and picking up outgoing mail in the same expert way. The clerks, working alone, were armed for protection in light of the RMS history of holdups by bandits seeking valuable packages or registered mail among the more everyday letters, cards, newspapers, and Sears catalogs. During most of this period, almost all mail traveled by train.
In his RMS career he was based in five locations in four states, ranging from New York City, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Stamford, Connecticut, to White River Junction and, finally, Newport, where he served for nine years as a member of the Newport Zoning Board of Appeals. He brought his young family to Newport in 1938, five years after marrying Gladys Goodhue of Sherbrooke, Quebec, in Orleans on May 2, 1933, at the depth of the Great Depression.
He was born in Irasburg on November 11, 1905 (he later joked that his birthday was made a national holiday) and first lived on a farm near Irasburg that had been in the Holbrook family for generations. His parents were Edwin Arthur and Elizabeth McAllister Holbrook. He graduated from Barton Academy in 1923 at the age of 17. After studying at Burlington Business College he worked for General Electric in Schenectady, New York, and was also employed for four years as a tree surgeon in Winsted, Connecticut, before joining the government service.
Last year he visited Irasburg Village School, where his earliest education began, and was honored there by the eighth-grade graduating class as recipient of the Senior Citizen Award. When Principal Ken Hayes presented the award, he received a standing ovation and reminisced for the pupils' benefit about his long life. He told them he'd been "a hard-working man."
The Holbrooks were parents of two daughters and a son: Rosemary Holbrook Fogg and her husband, Dick, of Seeley Lake, Montana, Roger Holbrook and his companion, Kathy Karlsen, of Binghamton, New York, and Margaret Holbrook Ross and her husband, Jim, of Hinesburg. Fourteen grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 10, at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newport with the Reverend Leopold Bilodeau celebrating a Mass of Christian Burial.
Spring interment will take place in Irasburg Cemetery.
Should friends desire, contributions in Mr. Holbrook's memory may be made to Orleans-Essex VNA and Hospice, 46 Lakemont Road, Newport, Vermont 05855.
Arrangements are by Curtis-Britch Funeral Homes.
Martha M. Johnson
Martha M. Johnson, 41, of Brattleboro and formerly of Island Pond, died in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Sunday, April 1, 2001, following a long illness.
Ms. Johnson was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 29, 1959, the daughter of Arnold R. and Olive (King) Johnson. She worked as a social worker for the state of Vermont.
She is survived by her mother, Olive Johnson, of Island Pond; by her brothers: Theodore Johnson of Island Pond, Charles Johnson of Newport, Mark Johnson of Montpelier, and David Johnson of Island Pond; by her sisters: Emily Lish of Dunnellon, Florida, Margaret Coyle of Tallahassee, Florida, and Jennie Johnson of Island Pond; and by aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, Michael and Arnold; and by her father, Arnold.
Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. Spring interment will take place at Lakeside Cemetery in Island Pond.
Should friends desire, contributions in Ms. Johnson's memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association of Vermont Affiliate, 77 Hegeman Avenue, Colchester, Vermont 05446.
Arrangements are by Converse-Rushford Funeral Home.
