St. Albans, Vermont
1924 - 2008
Mr. Michael Edwin Trombly, age 83, died shortly after arrival at the Northwestern Medical Center, early Sunday morning, January 27, 2008, Mike was born in St. Albans June 12, 1924 son of the late Joseph and Victoria (Poupore) Trombly. He was employed as vice president of manufacturing at Veratex Paper Industry in Detroit, Mich., and later employed at Fonda Container Corp. for 13 years. He was the owner of T N T Records and was a square dance caller for over 20 years. He was a former member of the Board of Governors of the Caller Lab.. Mike was a communicant of Holy Angels Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree Assembly. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II serving in the European African Middle Eastern Theater He was a member of the American Legion, Green Mountai Post # 1, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Robert E. Glidden Post # 758 and the Byron Morris # 3 Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.
June 12, 1943 he married Ernestine Couture. Besides his wife of over 64 years, Mike is survived by his daughters Valerie and her husband Lyn Brown and Rebecca Trombly all of St. Albans, 4 grandchildren Michelle Sullivan of Lovonia, Mich., Christine and her husband Scott Stevens of Pasadena, Md., John and his wife Jenifer Sullivan of Swanton, Jason Whalen of St. Albans, 6 great-grandchildren, his brother Leo and his wife Joyce Trombly of St. Albans, sisters Marie Crowley of Lee, N. H., Mae and her husband Alfred "Joe" Guilbault of St. Albans and Anita Murphy of St. Albans Bay, several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents he was predeceased by his sister Rita St. Marie and brothers Eugene and Raymond Trombly.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10:00 A. M. in Holy Angels Church. Friends may call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 South Main St. from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M. Tuesday. Interment will be next spring in the Trombly family lot Mt. CalvaryCemetery. Online condolences may be sent to Mike’s family by the funeral home website: www.bnlfh. com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home and Commemorative Services.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Aunt Ernie, Val and Becky, and the family. We will never forget Uncle Mike. Talking to him was just like talking to Daddy, they were so alike. We will miss his phone calls and "discussions". He always had a smile and made us smile. He will be greatly missed.
Love, Joe and Vicki (Trombly) Little
Vicki Little
February 11, 2008 | Greenfield
Just a note to send my thoughts and sympathies to the family. It will always make me smile to think of "uncle Mike" at all of his great grandchildren’s sporting events. He was a great man and the father of a wonderful family.
Claire Trombly
January 30, 2008 | Swanton
A this time of grief, we think back to the great friendship we gained when Oakridge Country Drieds opened and Mike was there to share wonderful moments with us.
Fran & Larry Bouchard
January 30, 2008 | St. Albans
John, Jen and Family,
Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you as you celebrate the life of your Grandfather. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help your family during this time.
Mary and Dave Wood
January 29, 2008 | Swanton, VT
Our condolences to Jason & his entire family. Memories will bring an abundance of happy tears to replace tears of sorrow in the coming days & years.
Patti, Carl & Carlton Laroe
January 29, 2008 | Georgia, VT
Offering our sympathies during this time.
The Staff of Brady & Levesque Funeral Home And Commemorative Services
January 27, 2008 | St. Albans, VT
