Sanford W. Dix, 85
WHITINGHAM, Vt. — Sanford W. Dix, 85, of School Street died early Thursday morning, Jan. 22, 2009, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington after a long battle with cancer. He was a former Whitingham selectman.
Born in Whitingham on April 14, 1923, son of David and Carrie Pitcher Dix, he received his education in Whitingham schools, graduating from Whitingham High School. He was lifelong resident of the town.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he served in the Pacific during WWII and was honorably discharged.
Mr. Dix was first employed as a logger, then became a painter as a member of the painters' union in Pittsfield, Mass.
He was a 63-year member of Cecil A.Davis Post 17 American Legion. He loved hunting and fishing, and was a longtime member of the Whitingham Rod and Gun Club. He enjoyed working in his vegetable garden. He also enjoyed watching and feeding birds, which was evident by the many bird feeders around his home, being with his Jack Russell terrier Gidget and watching horse pulls, and cherished time spent with his family.
He and his wife, the former Helen Dodge, were married June 11, 1947, in Whitingham.
Besides his wife, he leaves three daughters, June Cromack-Tool and her husband, Robert Tool, of Readsboro, Susan Sullivan and her husband, Richard, of Franconia, N.H., and Linda Tarinelli and her husband, Charles, of Belgrade, Mont.; his friend and brother-in-law, Ralph Dodge of Florida, Mass.; his grandchildren Carrie and Philip Cromack, Kathleen and Elizabeth Sullivan and Haley Tarinelli; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Rubino and Branden Rice, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
FUNERAL NOTICE — Funeral services for Mr. Dix will be conducted Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, at 11 from Community Church of Whitingham by the Rev.John Brigham. Interment will be in the spring in the family lot in Sadawga Cemetery in Whitingham.
Visiting hours will be held Monday evening, Jan. 26, from 6 to 8 at Covey & Allen Funeral Home, 44 East Main St., Wilmington, Vt. If friends desire, memorial gifts may be made to the American Lung Cancer Society or Cecil A.Davis Post 17 American Legion in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 215, Wilmington, VT 05363.