Donald M. McRae

Donald M. McRae, 90, of Derby passed away February 12,2011 in Newport. He was born May 20, 1920 in Groton, Vt a of son Martin and Ada (French) McRae.
On December 29, 1945 he married Waneta Wagner who survives him.
Mr. McRae owned his own dairy farm in Island Pond with his wife for 50 years. He loved his family very much and followed all the activities of his children and grandchildren with great interest.
He is survived by his wife Waneta McRae of Newport, and by his three children: Martin McRae and his wife Barbara of Morgan, Bruce McRae and his wife Gisele of Milton, and Vivian Spates and her husband Douglas of Derby. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Lia Greenwood and her husband Chad, Jeff McRae and his wife Erin McKenny, Andrea Carbine and her husband Andrew, Elia Marquis and her husband Corey, Alicia Messier and her husband Rodney, Kate McRae and Kyle McRae and by his great grandchildren: Evan, Delia, and Erik Greenwood, McKenna, Cecelia, and Griffin Marquis, Finnegan and Charles McRae.
He is survived by his sister Raelene Wright and her husband Dale of Ryegate, by his brother Keith McRae and his wife Pat of Matteson, Ill, and by a special niece Bonnie Fontaine and her husband Paul of St. Johnsbury as well as other nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son Michael McRae, a brother Neil McRae, and by a sister Hazel Hutchinson and by his step siblings Sam Darling, Wilson Darling, Newton Darling, and Shirley Randall.
Friends may call from 6-8 P.M. on Thursday February 17,2011 at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, 4670 Darling Hill Road, Newport where funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday February 18,2011 with the Rev. Martha Peck officiating. Spring interment in Lyndonville Cemetery. Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Derby Line Ambulance Service, in care of Brian Fletcher, P.O. Box 205, Derby Line, Vt 05830 or to Orleans Essex V.N.A. and Hospice, Inc 46 Lakemont Road, Newport, Vt 05855 or to the Frontier Animal Society, 502 Strawberry Acres Road, Newport, Vermont 05855. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family