LAWSON: Edwin A. , 78, a Lyndonville resident, died Friday,
Oct. 8, 2004, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Ed
was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Lyndonville. The son of Edwin and
Verna Vera R. (Bowen) Lawson. He attended the St. Johnsbury
Trade School, served in the U.S. Army during World War II and
married Beverly (Mitchell) Hall on Aug. 1, 1952. Ed was a
construction foreman working on many projects including the
St. Lawrence Seaway, Niagara Falls Power Project, Prudential
Building in Boston, Smithsonian in Washington and the concrete
work locally for the North Country High School, as well as
homes for three family members. Ed was one of the founders of
flag football and managed two Little League teams for more
than five years. He was an avid hockey father and grandfather,
giving much encouragement and advice. He is survived by his
loving wife, Beverly; children, John Hall and his wife Cheryl
Robinson, Diane Rochefort and her husband John, Edwin
Lawson Jr. and his wife Karen, Jeffrey Lawson and his friend
Lisa Crown, and Alice Doyon and her husband Randy; brothers
and sisters, Francis Laclair, Eva Howland, and Robert Lawson
and his wife Calista; 12 grandchildren, John, Jeff and Seth Hall,
Ryan Robinson, Nicholas and Mark St. Hilaire, Heather and
Elizabeth Lawson, Jeremy Lawson and his wife Christy, Erin
Lawson and friend Peter Guilfoyle, and Andrew and Mathew
Doyon; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews;
and brothers- and sisters-in-law, Sidney Chamberlain, Florence
Mitchell, David Mitchell and his wife Catherine, Jackson Mitchell,
Leslie Mitchell and his wife June, and Carroll Mitchell and his
wife Brenda. He was predeceased by his parents; a sister,
Frances LaClair; brothers-in-law, Herman Howland, Hazen
Mitchell, and Richard Mitchell; and sisters-in-law, Barbara
Chamberlain, Della Mitchell and Francine Mitchell. Calling hours
will be Wednesday evening between the hours of 6-8 p.m., at
the Pearsons Funeral Memorial Services will be Thursday, Oct. 14,
at 11 a.m., at the Sutton Freewill Baptist Church with Ed's
niece, the Rev. Barbara Dwyer, officiating. Interment will be in
the Lyndon Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be
made in Ed's name to either the Sutton Freewill Baptist Church,
P.O. Box 65, Sutton, VT 05867; or LAYHA, P.O. Box 1241, Lyndonville, VT 05851.
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