SARGENT: Betty J. , 75, died at her home in Gilman, Vt., Oct. 14, 2003, after a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Sargent was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Jan. 22, 1928, the daughter of Clifford G. and Helen C. (Wallace) Cutting. Betty was raised in St. Johnsbury where she graduated salutatorian of her class at St. Johnsbury Academy. She worked for a time in financial businesses in St. Johnsbury. For one year she lived in Glendale, Calif., before returning to Gilman in 1957 to care for her parents. She has been a long-time resident of Gilman where she was a homemaker and wife of a millwright. She was an avid reader and good baker who was politically oriented and had a sense of humor. She will be long missed and long remembered as a loving and caring mother and grandmother. Family members include a daughter, Waneta Jane Sargent of Durango, Calif.; a brother, Paul S. Cutting of Stafford, Conn. and Treasure Island, Fla.; a sister, Priscilla E. Ward of Fairfax, Vt.; and two granddaughters, Megan Bresnahan and Angela Drew. She was predeceased by a daughter, Bonnie H. Drew, in 1987; a son, Scott H. Sargent, in 2000; and her husband, Gordon Sargent, in 2002. A memorial visiting hour will be held Thursday afternoon, Oct. 16, from 1-2 p.m., at the Bailey Funeral Home, Lancaster. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. immediately after at the funeral home, Lancaster. The Rev. John C. Gregory of Whitefield will officiate. Burial will follow in the Riverside Cemetery, South Lunenburg, Vt.