Charles Donald Metevier, age 90, of Barley Road in Burlington
and formerly of Lynwood Terrace in St. Johnsbury, passed away
peacefully in his sleep following an unexpected decline in health
at the UVM Medical Center on Jan. 21, 2017.
Charles was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Aug. 1, 1926, son to
the late Charles A. and Florence (Roy) Metevier. He was raised
and educated here; graduating from St. J. Academy when he
returned from the US Army in Germany during WWII. He
married the former Barbara May Ainsworth on Thanksgiving
Day in 1950 at St. Aloysius Church, sharing nearly 64 years at
the time of her passing on Oct. 31, 2014. He worked as a
salesman and truck driver for HP Hood and then Lotta Rock Ice
Cream for nearly 40 years, combined. He was later a school bus
driver for the Concord School District. He and Barbara enjoyed
dancing. He had a distinctive tenor singing voice; was a
member of a Barber Shop Quartet out of St. Johnsbury; and a
past member and actor with the St. J. Players. He was a very
hard worker who also enjoyed woodworking. Growing up during
the depression he was very frugal, using unique and rustic
methods of repair; thereby being known as "MacGyver" around
the house. He was a longtime member of St. John the Evangelist Church.
He is survived by his two daughters: Teri George and her
husband, Gordon, of St. Johnsbury, Lisa Metevier and her
husband, Doug Vachereau, of Burlington; his brother: George
Metevier of Bricktown, N.J.; five grandchildren: Erinn Blodgett
and her husband, Mike, of Lyndonville, Maurice LeMay and his
wife, Patty, of New York, Amanda Taylor and her husband,
Scott, of Woodbury, Nikia George, Mira George both of St. Johnsbury;
and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his daughter:
Lorraine Ainsworth, his three sisters: Rita MacPherson, Evelyn and
Elaine Rolfe; and a great-grandchild.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on
Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at St. John the Evangelist Church, on
Winter Street in St. Johnsbury. Burial will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery
in the springtime. Friends may call on the family from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday
evening the 26th at the Sayles Funeral Home, 525 Summer Street in St. Johnsbury.
Memorial donations may be made to the Vermont Veterans'
Administration, c/o Voluntary Services, 128 Lakeside Avenue,
Suite 260, Burlington, VT 05401
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