ESSEX JCT. / RICHFORD - Madeline C. Donlon, age 95, passed away Tuesday evening July 2, 2013 at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans.
She was born in Richford on November 21, 1917 the daughter of the late William & Anna (McGrath) Donlon.
Miss Donlon grew up in Richford where she was a member of All Saints Catholic Church & Church Choir. She graduated from Richford High School class of 1935 and University of Vermont class of 1939. She began her teaching career working in Montgomery Ctr., Sheldon, Essex Jct, Winooski & Barre. She retired from the South Burlington School System in 1977 after 21 years of dedicated service.
Miss Donlon had been a resident of Essex Jct. since 1958 where she was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church & Church Choir in Essex Jct., the Essex Senior Citizens volunteering for the RSVP program at area nursing homes, and the Champlain Echoes.
She was a member of the National, Vermont and Chittenden County Retired Teachers Associations. She was a former director of the Chittenden County Teachers Credit Union.
She is survived by several cousins, including, Lawrence Bill Donlon and his family of Enosburg Falls. Besides her parents she was predeceased by a special cousin, Lawrence Buster Donlon
Funeral services will be held Saturday July 6, 2013 at 2:00 PM All Saints Catholic Church, 152 Main Street, Richford with Rev. Karl Hahr Celebrating the Mass of Christian burial. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery.
A time of visitation will be held at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls on Saturday from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
For those who wish, contributions in Madelines memory may be made to the Essex Rescue, 1 Educational Drive, Essex Jct., VT 05452 or to the Fletcher Allen Hospital Development Fund, 111 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05401.