ENOSBURG FALLS - Wendall K. Ashton, age 59, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans.
He was born July 30, 1953 in St. Albans the son of Helen (Garrow) Ashton of St. Albans and the late Keith Ashton.
Wendall grew up in Enosburg, but graduated from BFA St. Albans in 1971. He spent 35+ years working as book keeper and in the parts department at A. Bonneau Farm Machinery. His hobbies included fishing, hunting and sliding with his children. Wendalls greatest joy was spending time with his family and he was a loving husband, father, son and brother. He also had a great sense of humor and especially liked to pick on others for a laugh.
He is survived by his wife, Ann (Cook) Ashton and their children, Kenneth & Lillian all of Enosburg Falls; his mother, Helen Ashton of St. Albans; his brothers, Gary Ashton of Waterville, Randy & Judy Ashton of Franklin and Howard & Becky of St. Albans; his sister, Cheryl Richard and her husband Greg of Swanton and several nieces & nephews. Besides his father, Wendall was predeceased by his grandmother, Lillian Frazier.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls with Pastor Jon Bly officiating. Interment will take place later this spring in the Montgomery Village Cemetery.
A time of visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday from 1:00 PM until the hour of the funeral.
For those who wish, contributions in Wendalls memory may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston, VT 05495.