1920 articles

  • Obituary: Frances A. Villemaire, 1920-2024

    Longtime Winooski resident loved nursing and finished her career at Burlington’s Converse Home Frances A. Villemaire, RN, age 104, a longtime resident of Winooski, Vt., passed peacefully on April 16, 2024, in Burlington, Vt. Frances was born in St. Albans, Vt., on March 20, 1920, the daughter of the late Louis and Catherine (LaBella) Fortuna. She was a graduate of Holy Angels Parochial School, Bellows Free Academy and Fanny Allen School of Nursing. She was...
  • Obituary: Lucile Boedy, 1920-2024

    Music and leading a life of faith were the foundations of a life well lived Lucile Hamrin Boedy, of South Burlington, Vt., died of old age from a life well lived. She is the last remaining Smith of Wayne, Ill., whose ancestors left Corinth, Vt., in 1837 to travel the Erie Canal and begin a pioneer life on the new frontier. Lucile was born April 2, 1920, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Richard and Helen (Smith) Hamrin, during the final year of Woodrow Wilson’s...
  • A first since 1920 for Red Sox pitchers after another masterful outing

    At first, it seemed like a fluke. Now, with a larger sample size, it seems like a strength. After blanking the Chicago Cubs, 17-0,...