Amelia E. Rexford, 87, passed away at Woodridge Nursing
Home in Berlin on Tuesday evening, April 11, 2006, following a
long period of declining health due to Parkinson's disease Born
in Ryegate on Feb. 26, 1919, she was the daughter of the late
Pearl and Millie (Whitehill) Heath. On Feb. 27, 1939, she
married Raymond H. Rexford in East St. Johnsbury. Mr. Rexford
passed away on Nov. 19, 2001. Amelia was a 1937 graduate of
St. Johnsbury Academy. Prior to moving to Waterbury in 1951,
Raymond and Amelia raised their family on farms in Conway
and Bethlehem, N.H. Amelia worked for several years at the
former Aylward Nursing Home prior to her 20-year career as a
psychiatric technician at the Vermont State Hospital, from
which she retired in 1981. Amelia was a long-time member of
the Emerald Rebekah Lodge 33 of Waterbury, and the
Waterbury Congregational Church. In her younger years, she
enjoyed sewing, knitting, painting, shopping trips with her
family and baby-sitting her grandchildren. Amelia is survived by
her children, Howard Rexford and his wife Georgia (Libby) of
Waterbury, Frank Rexford and his wife Ronda (York) of
Lakeland, Fla., Ruby (Bolio) Rexford of Waterbury, Sheryl
Parsons and her husband Fred of Washington, and Carolyn
Farnsworth and her husband Brian of Bastrop, La.; 17
grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and three great-great-
grandchildren; her sisters, Annabelle Parker of St. Johnsbury,
and Sylvia (June) Kendall and her husband Tom of Meadow
Vista, Calif.; as well as nieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by an infant son; a grandson and granddaughter;
a great-grandson; and a sister, Helene McKenzie of Wilder.
Amelia's family would like to thank the staff at Woodridge
Nursing Home for the more than three years of excellent care
they provided her. A celebration of Amelia's life will be held at
the Waterbury Congregational Church on Tuesday, April 18, at 11 a.m.,
with a reception to follow in the church dining room.
Private committal services will take place in the Waterbury
Center Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts would be
appreciated to the Waterbury Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 95,
Waterbury Center, VT 05677. Arrangements are in the care of
the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury.
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