East Montpelier, VT - Geneva (Sweet) Woodward, wife of the late Ronald James Chaffee Woodward, died at her home on the Lyle Young Road in East Montpelier on Tuesday morning, September 8, 2009.
Geneva was born on March 21, 1925 in Fairfield, the daughter of Homer B. and Elva (Montgomery) Sweet.
After attending the Boston City Hospital School of Nursing, Geneva graduated as an R.N. from the Training School for Nurses of St. Albans Hospital. She was also a member of the Cadet Corps of Nurses. Geneva utilized her nursing skills her whole adult life, working at the St. Albans Hospital, Heaton Hospital in Montpelier and, later, as a school nurse for the Northeast Supervisory District in East Montpelier. Her friends, family and neighbors all benefited from her nursing care and loving attention.
Geneva is survived by a sister, Flora Sweet Stanhope of Fairfield; a brother Roger Sweet, also of Fairfield; a daughter Gail M. Woodward of East Montpelier and a granddaughter Sayde J. Burke of Hinesburg; a daughter Patricia J. Woodward of St. Albans; a grandson Benjamin L. Utton of St. Albans and a great grandson Ethan L. Utton; numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Geneva will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 2:00 PM at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave. in Enosburg Falls with the Rev. Dr. Marguerite C. Gage, Pastor of the United Methodist Church in Sheldon officiating. Interment will follow in the Enosburgh Center Cemetery. Friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Saturday from 1:30 PM until the time of the service.
Should friends desire, gifts in Genevas memory may be made to Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice, Inc., 600 Granger Rd., Barre, VT 05641.
Private condolences may be sent to Genevas family on-line through www.spearsfuneralhome.com