Victoria Noella Machia1

F, #21705, b. Dec 23, 1922, d. Apr 21, 2007
Pedigree
Father*William Joseph Machia Sr.2 b. Mar 5, 1879, d. Nov 7, 1975
Mother*Margaret D. Raymo2 b. Dec 25, 1882, d. Mar 25, 1967

Family 1

Maynard Gordon Pearo b. Jul 7, 1921, d. Jun 11, 1996

Family 2

Gordon Ray Meader b. Mar 15, 1919, d. Jul 22, 1973

Family 3

Ralph Arthur Clapper b. Jul 18, 1917, d. Aug 13, 1991

Chronological Events

Birth*Dec 23, 1922 Victoria Noella Machia was born on Dec 23, 1922 at Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.3,2 
 She was the daughter of William Joseph Machia Sr. and Margaret D. Raymo.2 
Marriage*Apr 8, 1940 Victoria Noella Machia married Maynard Gordon Pearo, son of John Pearo and Bessie F. Laroe, on Apr 8, 1940 at Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.4 
Divorce*Apr 20, 1945 Victoria Noella Machia and Maynard Gordon Pearo were divorced on Apr 20, 1945 at Franklin County, Vermont, United States, on grounds of: intolerable severity.5 
Marriage*Jan 19, 1946 Victoria Noella Machia married Gordon Ray Meader on Jan 19, 1946 at Franklin, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.4 
Marriage*Jun 15, 1960 Victoria Noella Machia married Ralph Arthur Clapper, son of Edward Henry Clapper and Marcia Marion Sweet, on Jun 15, 1960 at Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.1,6,7 
Death*Apr 21, 2007 Victoria Noella Machia died on Apr 21, 2007, at age 84 at University of Vermont Medical Center (formerly Fletcher Allen), Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.3,8 
ObituaryApr 24, 2007  OBITUARY: Mrs. Victoria Noella Clapper, age 84 years, died Saturday, April 21, 2007, at the Fletcher Allen Health Care Facility in Burlington.
A native of Highgate, Mrs. Clapper has been resident at the Franklin Homestead and more recently the Franklin Carriage House over the past 14 years.
Born in Highgate on Dec. 23, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Margaret D. (Raymo) Machia. She attended Highgate schools and was married to Gordon Meader, who predeceased her in 1974. She later married Ralph Clapper who also predeceased her on Aug. 13, 1991.
Mrs. Clapper remained very active in her retirement years and was involved in several local senior citizen organizations. She enjoyed the outdoors, planting a garden growing vegetables and fishing, but her greatest love was cooking and feeding her family and friends.
She leaves three daughters, Bonnie Feathers, Susan Olender and husband, Stanley, and Sherry Van Coughnett, all of New York State; a step-son, Randall Clapper and wife, Barbara of Connecticut; two sisters, Peggy McGaughey of Connecticut and Doris Raymond of South Carolina; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a daughter, Sandy Thomas, who resided in Vermont.
A Graveside Funeral Service and Interment will be held Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. from the Clapper family lot in the Sheldon Village Cemetery. Mr. Theodore Hemenway Sr. will officiate. All relatives and friends are invited to a time of fellowship following the service at the Felco Room of the Franklin Carriage House, 114 Homestead Drive, Franklin Village.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, gifts in Mrs. Clapper’s memory be made to Franklin Rescue, in care of Pauline Gadbois, 3764 State Park Road, Enosburgh Falls, 05450.

Published in the Saint Albans Messenger, St. Albans, VT - 04/24/2007.9
 
Burial*Apr 26, 2007 She was buried on Apr 26, 2007 at Sheldon Village Cemetery, Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 45421715.10 

Citations

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  5. [S3094] Vermont - Divorce Record, online at Ancestry.com.
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  10. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.

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