Charles Moody Crain 

Charles Moody Crain, 72, of Hill Street, died
 Thursday, March 13, 1997 
at the Central Vermont Medical Center. He was born
 in Holyoke, Massachusetts 
on October 2, 1924, the son of the Reverend Orville Edward and Mae (Moody) 
Crain. He was a 1942 graduate of Brockton High School in Brockton, MA. 

He entered the United States Army in 1943 and served during World War II 
in the U.S. Infantry. He was honorably discharged in 1946. 

Mr. Crain earned his B.A. from Bowdoin College, graduating Summa Cum Laude 
in 1947. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1948 
& 1952. 

On July 22, 1950 he married
 Anna Lillian Grieg Eide in Bergen, Norway. 

Mr. Crain was a college professor for 42 years. He was an Instructor of 
Foreign Languages at Bowdoin College and Colby College in Maine prior to 
joining the Norwich University faculty in Northfield in 1953. Mr. Crain 
had been the Norwich University Dean of Faculty, Vice President for 
External Affairs, Professor Emeritus and Department Chairman of Modern 
Languages, retiring from the University in 1992 after 39 years of service. 

He was active in the United Church of Christ in Northfield, where he had 
been a Deacon and an active member of the choir and various committees. 
He was also past president and charter member of the Northfield Historical 
Society, past president and member of the University Club of Northfield, 
and an active volunteer at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. 
Personal interests included ornithology, bridge, Scrabble, genealogy and 
square dancing. 

He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Anna Lillian Grieg Crain of 
Northfield; three sons, Christopher Grieg Crain and wife, Julie of Grass 
Valley, CA, Robin Grieg Crain and wife, Kim of Phoenix, AZ, Bruce Grieg Crain 
of New York City; his daughter, Anita Grieg Crain of Northfield; his sister, 
Verla Huff of Concord, NH; and one grandson, Kevin Roberts Crain of Phoenix, 
AZ. 

Mr. Crain is predeceased by three brothers, Alvin Crain, Loren Crain and 
Forrest Crain. 

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, March 18th at 2 p.m. at the United 
Church of Northfield. The Reverend Dr. Edward DeLong, Pastor, will officiate. 
Donations may be made in his memory to the United Church of Christ, 
PO Box 188, Northfield, VT 05663. Kingston Funeral Home in Northfield is 
in charge of the arrangements. 

Ella L. Cruickshank 

Funeral services for Ella L. Cruickshank, 97, who died
 at the Gifford 
Elder Care in Randolph, March 4, 1997, were conducted in The Kingston 
Funeral Home in Northfield, Saturday, March 8th at 2 p.m. 
The Reverend Wayne Jones, Pastor, United Methodist Church of Northfield 
officiated. Reflections were offered by Ella’s grandson, Robert Binns Jr. 
Burial will be in the family lot in Mount Hope Cemetery
 in Northfield 
this spring. 

Stella M. Lawson

MIDDLEBURY - Stella M. Lawson, 94, died
 on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1998, 
at the Addison House, where she had resided for the past year.

She was born
 in Cookshire, Quebec, on May 29, 1903, the daughter of 
Olive and Michael Racicot. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

She is survived by a son, G. Thomas Lawson and his wife Phyllis, four 
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by several 
nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband in 1957.

A mass of Christian Burial was held on Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. 
Burial will be at a later date in St. Johnsbury.

Contributions may be made to the Outreach Program, c/o St. Mary's Church, 
Middlebury, Vt. 03753.

Doris Lillian (Shackett) Cyr

MIDDLEBURY - Doris Lillian (Shackett) Cyr, 78, died
 at her home on Tuesday, 
Jan. 27, 1998.

She was born
 in Weybridge on April 21, 1919, to John and Phillian Shackett. 
She married
 Leonard Cyr on April 8, 1940. 

She was a homemaker and was employed as a housekeeper at Middlebury College.

She is survived by her sons, Leonard (Sonny) and Robert (John) Cyr of 
Middlebury and Joseph Cyr of Weybridge; and her daughters, Laura Begnoche of 
Middlebury and Doris Pelkey of Vergennes. She was predeceased by her husband 
in 1995.

A mass of Christian Burial was held on Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church 
in Middlebury. Burial took place following the service at St. Peter's Cemetery
 
in Vergennes.

Memorial contributions can be made to either the Addison County Home Health 
or Hospice Services of Addison County.

Nancy Louise Ogg

BRANDON - Nancy MacKay Ogg, 69, died
 Sunday, Jan. 25, 1998, at Shard Villa 
in Salisbury.

She was born
 in New Haven, Conn., on Feb. 2, 1928. She was the daughter of 
John Ralph and Ruth (Bradley) MacKay. She received her early education in 
Meriden, Conn., schools and graduated from Meriden High School.

She continued her education at Skidmore College. She received her degree in 
1949. She had served as class president.

She had been very active in the Episcopal Church in Cheshire, Conn. On 
Sept. 24, 1988, she married
 Charles A. "Chick" Ogg in Cheshire, Conn. 
They made their home in Brandon, where she was a member of St. Thomas 
Episcopal Church.

She was very active at St. Thomas, serving as senior warden and in other 
various duties. She had volunteered for the Brandon Free Public Library, 
and was an active artist with oils, watercolors and pastels throughout her 
life.

Surviving are one daughter, Jaye P. Bonsignor of Buckland, Mass.; one son, 
Mark B. Bonsignor of Portland, Ore.; two stepdaughters, Lynn Bowden of Dorset 
and Sandy Strickhart of Hopewell, N.J.; one stepson, Charles G. Ogg of 
Chittenden; many grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. 
She was predeceased by her husband in 1992 and one brother, Alec MacKay.

There will be no public calling hours.

Memorial gifts may be made to Shard Villa, Salisbury, Vt. 05769; St. Thomas 
Episcopal Church, Conant Square, Brandon, Vt. 05733; or to the Brandon Free 
Public Library, Franklin St., Brandon, Vt. 05733.