David H. LaVanway (Charlie) of Morrisville passed away peacefully at his daughter’s home on January 15, 2020, at age 74.
Charlie was born on February 17, 1945, in Montpelier to Henry and Joyce (Berry) LaVanway. He lived in many Vermont towns growing up. He graduated from Stowe High School in 1964.
Charlie loved reading, gardening (especially vegetables), visiting with his neighbors, visiting old cemeteries, traveling on old back roads, hunting and fishing in his early years. Before retiring, Charlie worked for the town of Stowe Highway Department for 29 ½ years. Before that he had also worked for Forest and Parks, local contractors and logging with his father.
Charlie is survived by three daughters, Carole LaVanway of Stowe, Melinda LaVanway of Cambridge and Chrystal Lemieux of North Hyde Park, VT; four grandchildren, Michael LaBree of Wolcott, Abbey Casavant of Stowe, Markus Lemieux of North Hyde Park and Zaivier LaVanway of Cambridge; two sisters, Susan (LaVanway) Szewczyk and her husband Raymond of Gaylord, MI, and Marion Kidder and her husband Benjamin of Waterbury Center; two brothers, Kenneth LaVanway of Berlin, VT, and Bruce LaVanway of Wailuku, HI; and many nieces and nephews. Charlie was predeceased by his parents, Henry and Joyce LaVanway; two brothers, Robert LaVanway and John LaVanway; and one sister, Mary LaVanway.
A graveside service will be planned in the spring. In lieu of flowers, please consider sending a donation to the Lamoille Home Health and Hospice, 54 Farr Ave., Morrisville, VT 05661 (www.lhha.org), as his family could not have granted Charlie’s wishes without them.
Assisting the family is Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences visit www.perkinsparker.com or the funeral home Facebook page.
