Obituaries

ANCRAMDALE—Avery “Prope” Dietter, 95, of Ancramdale —postman, veteran, ‘Mayor of Ancramdale —  passed away peacefully on Aug. 17, 2023, in his home surrounded by his beloved family.

SALISBURY —  William M. “Bill” Dougherty, 62, of 30 Weatogue Road died Friday Aug. 18, 2023, at Hartford Hospital surrounded by his loving family.  Bill was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 7, 1962, son of the late Maynard and Marcia (Robinson) Dougherty.

AMENIA — Thomas M. Pavliga passed away on Aug. 10, 2023, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington after a long illness. He was born on April 12, 1935, in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Mary (Melish) and Michael Pavliga. The family moved to Ilion, New York, in 1945.

SHARON — Richard Michael Siebenaler, 82, of Fairchild Road, died at the Geer Nursing and Rehab Center in North Canaan. He was the husband of the late Tami Lee Siebenaler.

SHARON — James L. Buckley, who spend most of his life in Sharon, died in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 18. He was 100 years old. He died of natural causes.

LAKEVILLE — Geoffrey M. Gott, 62, of Lakeville passed away peacefully on Aug. 7, 2023, at his home.

Geoff was born on Aug. 28, 1960, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the late Dr. Peter H. Gott of Lakeville and Nancy Beaird Gott of Houston, Texas.

FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — Charlotte MacRitchie Williams, formerly of Kent, Connecticut, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Aug. 11, 2023, in Fort Fairfield, Maine.

Charlotte was born on March 31, 1942, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Bruce and Gladys MacRitchie of Kent, Connecticut.

SALISBURY  — W. Melville Jones, III (Mel), 89, died on May 31, 2023, at Sentara Medical Center in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Jones and wife, Miriam Jones, who passed away in November 2022, and family resided part-time and later full-time in Salisbury between 1970 and 1995.