KENNETH WAYNE SAWYER

KENNETH WAYNE SAWYER - NEW HAVEN - Kenneth Wayne, 79, of New Haven, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in his home, surrounded by his family. Ken was born Dec. 30, 1934, in the same home in New Haven, the son of Charles E. and Lucy M. (Sanders) Sawyer. He attended Beeman Academy, graduating in 1952. He operated the Cloverset Farm, family dairy farm, for his entire life. Filled with the spirit of service, he helped found the New Haven Volunteer Fire Department in 1967 and received the Addison County Firefighters Association Company Officer of the Year Award in 1981. Through the years, he served as a New Haven Town Justice of the Peace, the New Haven zoning board, the Beeman Elementary school board as well as serving as a county committee member of the ASCA, later Farm Services Agency. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Suzanne, of New Haven; children, Thomas Sawyer and wife, Carol, of West Rutland, Richard Sawyer and wife, Bobbie Jo, Theresa Sawyer, and Timothy Sawyer and companion, Hilda Vincent, of New Haven; grandchildren, George, Elizabeth, Thomas Jr., Kenneth, Peter, David, Rebecca, Suzanne, Katelynn, Anthony, Joseph and Ethan; and great-grandson, Derrick. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at 10 a.m. at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Bristol with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery immediately following. A reception will be at St. Ambrose following the internment. Visiting hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Bristol. The family expresses its heartfelt thanks to all the loving hands that have provided care, comfort and support, especially those of the Addison County Home Health and Hospice. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Have-a-Heart Food Shelf, c/o St. Ambrose Church, 11 School St., Bristol, VT 05443; or Addison County Home Healthcare and Hospice, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.