Raymond E. Hunt

Raymond E. Hunt of Sugar Hill, died peacefully in his sleep after a short bout with cancer. He was born November 3, 1922 in Franconia to Mr. and Mrs. George Hunt. He attended Dow academy in Franconia. He was a golf caddy there and also worked at the Tramway on Cannon Mountain. He was a veteran of WWII having served as a radio operator for the U.S. Army Air Corps., stationed in the Aleutian Islands. He married Virginia Rogers in 1950 and moved to a farm in Jeffersonville, Vt. He and Ginny farmed there for 12 years, winning the county "Greener Pastures" award in 1957. In 1963 the family moved to a farm in Hinesburg, Vt., to be closer to Burlington. He started working at General Electric in 1966 and retired in 1983, moving back to the family farm in Sugar Hill where he lived his remaining life. He enjoyed his 25 years of retirement reading westerns, attending equipment auctions, having yard sales and visiting with family. He is survived by sons Timothy and Benjamin, and a daughter Deborah and her husband Phillip Gianelli, as well as by Tim's two daughters Abbie and Jessie Hunt. He enjoyed attending a large family reunion and cookout this Fourth of July at his family home where was able to his remaining brothers and sister as well as sons and daughter, her husband, granddaughters, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. A private family service will be held in the future. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.