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DATELINE: St.
Albans, Vermont Mrs. Ida M. Bovatt, 85, a
resident of Hardwick for many years and for the past 15 years of St. Albans,
died Tuesday evening surrounded by her family at her Potter Avenue home. Born in Lower Cambridge, New Brunswick, Canada on
September 27, 1925, Ida was eldest of the eight children of Arthur Leigh and
Gertrude E. (Davis) Slipp. Her early years were spent in New Brunswick, attending schools there, working on the
large, Slipp Family Farm and graduating from the
St. John General Hospital School of Nursing in 1947. She went on to practice nursing in St.
Stephen, New Brunswick and did post graduate work at the Royal Victoria
Hospital in Montreal, Quebec where she later became Head Nurse of the
Obstetric Surgical Unit. In 1952, Ida
moved to Hardwick, Vermont where she became Matron of the Hardwick Hospital. She also worked part time for nursing homes
in East Hardwick and Morrisville. Ida
later became the school nurse for the towns of Hardwick, Hazen, Woodbury,
Greensboro, Craftsbury and Wolcott. She provided care for the members of those
communities for many years. Ida was
also a very active member of the Hardwick Rescue Squad and was the head of
Hardwick Civil Defense. On September 19, 1953, she was married to Joseph
Rudolph Bovatt.
Together they raised their family in Hardwick and were members of the
United Church of Hardwick. After
moving to St. Albans 15 years ago they attended the St. Albans Bay United
Methodist Church. In addition to her husband of 57 years, Ida is
survived by 2 daughters, Lisa E. Bovatt of Swanton
and Donna L. and her husband, Dr. Peter Burke of St. Albans; 5 siblings,
Marion Morrison of St. John, New Brunswick, Edna Bridges of White’s Cove, New
Brunswick, Charles Slipp and his wife Frances of
Robison’s Point New Brunswick, George Slipp and his
wife Thelma of Cody’s, New Brunswick and Doris Sanborne
and her husband Richard of Bangor, Maine; 3 grandchildren, Matthew Joseph
Burke of Troy, New York, Jason Thomas Burke of Columbia, Pennsylvania and
Anastasia Fay Burke of St. Albans and many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents, Ida was predeceased by
an infant son, Leigh in March of 1956, by a brother, Fred Slipp
and a sister, Leigha
Pepe. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August
6, 2011 at 5 PM from the Church of the Rock, St. Albans. Officiating will be Reverend Elizabeth
Griffin, Pastor of the St. Albans Bay United Methodist Church and Pastor
Roland Ludlum. Interment services will
be held on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 9 AM in the family lot in Highgate Center Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the Church of the Rock on Saturday
prior to the funeral from 4-5 PM. Gifts in Ida’s memory may be made to the St. Albans
Bay United Methodist Church in care of Donna McWilliams, P.O. Box 116, St.
Albans Bay, VT 05481 Arrangements are under the direction of the Kidder
Memorial Home, 89 Grand Ave., Swanton. . Click this link to offer on-line
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