Maynard “Stub” Hilliard, 80, of Orleans, passed away in Rutland on Tuesday, August 10, 2004.
He was born in Orleans on January 4, 1924, the son of Elmer and Greta (Dunham) Hilliard. Maynard served in the US Army Airforce and was a veteran of WWII. He worked as a supervisor at Ethan Allen in Orleans. He was a member and Past Commander of the American Legion Orleans Post #23, and a past member of the Orleans Fire Department. He enjoyed playing pool, baseball hunting and boating.
On October 19, 1951 Stub married the former Marlene Buzzell, who survives him. He is also survived by his children, Brent Hilliard and his wife Wendy of Newport, Candace LeBlanc and her husband Maurice of St. Albans, and Dawn Wilcox and her husband Calvin of Westmore, his grandchildren, Tina McCartney, Jeremy LeBlanc, David LeBlanc, and Kristie Boylan, his great-granddaughters, Delanee and Caitlyn McCartney, his sisters, Verla Drake of Derby, and Dorothy Whipple of Orleans, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his brothers, Warren, Clayton and Marvin, and by his sister, Verna Coburn.
Friends may call at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Darling Hill Road, Newport (formerly Sias Ave.) on Thursday, August 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., where funeral services will take place on Friday, August 13 at 1:00 p.m. with the Rev. Roger Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow at the Pleasantview cemetery in Orleans.
Should friends desire, contributions in Stub’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, Vermont Affiliate, Inc. P.O. Box 485, Williston, VT 05495.
On-line condolences may be sent to the family through curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Homes, locally family owned and operated.
