Obituaries

Gary M. Chaffee

COURTESY
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Gary M. Chaffee, 59, of Atkinson Street passed away Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Gary was born in Bellows Falls on May 3, 1959, the son of Carl and Nancy (DiBernardo) Chaffee. He grew up in North Walpole and was a 1978 graduate of Fall Mountain Regional High School.

Gary was a self-employed wood worker, using reclaimed wood. He enjoyed cooking, baking, creating new recipes, as well as drag racing and touring Vermont to photograph covered bridges.

On Aug. 21, 2004 Gary married Dawn McCullough who survives him. Also surviving is his mother Nancy Chaffee of North Walpole; his daughters Vanessa Chaffee and partner Jonathon Gibbs, Caitlin Chaffee and partner Tyler Langlais; stepchildren Dalton Morse and Jordan Morse; his brother Gregory Chaffee and wife Lorraine of Langdon; his sister Carla West and husband Todd of Rockingham, Vermont; one grandchild Mayson; and many nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his father Carl Chaffee.

There will be calling hours 11 a.m. – noon, Monday, Oct. 1 with funeral service beginning at noon at Fenton & Hennessey Funeral Home in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Burial will follow in the Westminster Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Neurology Research, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756.

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