Loraine Flora Cox Bedor

Loraine Flora Cox Bradley Bedor

Loraine was born on Dec. 21, 1935 in Johnson, Vt to Lawrence J. Cox and Hazel (Foster) Cox. She grew in different places, depending on where her fathers work took the family.

She attended White School in E. Burke where she was the last person to graduate from that graded school in June of 1950, due to the transfer of the students to E. Burke Village school. She was a member of the class of 1954 at Lyndon Institute and later as member of the class of 1955 at St. Johnsbury Academy.

Loraine married Carl G. Bradley in 1951. They had 6 children, they later divorced, and she married Philip Bedor, Sr. on Oct. 25, 1963. They had 39 years together, adding 3 additional children, before he died on Jan. 2, 2001.

She was a homemaker most of her life but worked as a waitress in her early years, at St. Johnsbury Glover, Manchester Manufacturing, Connors and Gefferson Shoe shop in Littleton NH, Quality Controlled Hitching, Caledonian-Record and in later years she was a delivery person for the same. While she was a stay-at-home mom she was knitting in her spare time, which was one thing she was most proud of beside her children. She once knit a sweater for the movie star Michael J. Fox.

She was a member of the Goss Hollow Homemakers Club and also a member of Country Corner Square Dance Club at which she was able to dance until recently. Loraine also loved to play bingo.

Survivors are her children Alliston (David) and wife Kelly of W Burke, Victoria (Vickie) and husband Eddie Garcia of Pioneer Cal., Faye Bradley, St. Johnsbury, Donna (Bradley) Jenkins St. Johnsbury, Carmen (Bradley) Austin and husband Brian of Roswell N Mexico, Richard P. Bedor and wife Brenda St. Johnsbury, Betty (Bedor) Cadorette and husband Michael of Bradenton Flo., Diane Roy and Husband Blaine of Danville, Stepchildren Philip Bedor Jr. and wife Roxanne of Chocowinity NC, Cecile Bressette of Marysville Tenn, Suzanne Patterson of Orange Mass; a sister Janice Bumgarner of St. Johnsbury, sister-in-law Alice Ainsworth Lyndonville VT and Sandra Bedor St. Johnsbury; and several grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great children whom she adored.

Friends may call on the family on Monday, August 25, 2025 from 5-7pm at Sayles Funeral Home, 525 Summer Street, St. Johnsbury, VT. A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 10am at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Johnsbury followed by a gathering at the American Legion, Post 58.

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