Maurice Leon Valley

Maurice Leon Valley died on April 1, 2025 at home after declining health. He was born in Barton at the Orleans County Memorial Hospital on September 3, 1952 to the late Lorraine Sylvia Valley.

He attended St. Paul’s School and Lake Region Union High School. He started working at Howard Conley’s Sawmill in Glover. He then started his career in mechanics. He worked Paul Quintin and Son in Burlington while living in Essex Jct. In Barton he worked for Carroll Larocque, Richard LeClair’s and many years at Barton Motors. He was also parts and service manager while he was there until they closed and he retired. He was a volunteer for the Barton Fire Department, he would help family and friends when needed and could tinker on most anything. He owned many cars not always Fords, but fixed up a 1934 Ford with suicide doors and a 1949 Ford pick up truck while going to car shows and street rod shows. He was a NASCAR fan with favorites Bill Elliott and Mark Martin. He would gather with friends at a neighbors and watch the races. He could always come up with a quick response to most anything or anyone. He enjoyed the pontoon boat, 4-wheeling, snowmobiling and the Willoughby horseshoe tournaments. He traveled a bit with the Tioga Motorhome to Florida with family and then to Fryeburg Fair every year. He traveled round trip cross country with family to Portland, Oregon to visit an aunt and uncle, to Pasadena, California to visit friends, to Florida to visit family and back home.

He married Ellen Lyon who survives him on June 27, 1980 almost making it 45 years. He grew up in Barton, living with his grandparents Geneva and Leon Valley who predeceased him. Their children were like his brothers and sisters. He leaves behind his, aunts Madeline Krohn and Hilda Valley, sister-in-law Patty Goyet, step brothers Donald Bushey and family and Steven Bushey, also several cousins.

He was predeceased by a step brother Michael Goyet, aunts Rachel Sweeney and her husband Ron, Priscilla Parsons and her husband Gerry, uncles Ernest, Edgar and his wife Sandra, David, Norman, Francis, Richard Valley, Jerry Krohn and father-in-law Melvin Lyon,

There will be no services or calling hours. Thank You to all family and friends who would stop in to visit, also all the VNA nurses. Donations may be made to Orleans Essex VNA and Hospice, 46 Lakemont Road, Newport, VT 05855 if you choose to. Online condolences may be made at curtis-britch.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home & Cremation Service, locally family owned and operated.