Kenny Kurt Greenslit, 57, passed away due to a tragic accident in South Royalton on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Born in Randolph on April 14, 1962, he was a son of the late Alvin H. Greenslit and Elizabeth A. (Corliss) Greenslit Comes. On October 18, 1986, he married the former Cindy L. Perry in Hancock.
Kenny attended school in Warren and Harwood Union High School in Duxbury. At the age of 17 he became a proud member of the Vermont Army National Guard, serving with Battery A, 1st Battalion in Waterbury for 10 years.
A man of many talents, well-known and liked, Kenny held a number of positions with businesses throughout central Vermont. He began his working career as a landscaper for several Valley companies that included Valley Caretaker Service, Hugh Krisko Property Management and Sugarbush Property Group. Following, Kenny worked as a painter for Keith Perellie Painting Contractors for several years and was employed as a mechanic and tow truck operator at Hap’s Service Station in Waitsfield.
Having been diagnosed with prostate cancer, Kenny, while being treated and convalescing, helped provide hospice care for his father-in-law, Harold Perry. Returning to work, Kenny was employed as a machinist at Vermont Castings in Randolph and worked for Harvey’s Construction in Rochester where he did mowing and plowing. Most recently Kenny worked for ABLE Waste Management and Bettis Autoland and Salvage in Hancock as a mechanic and wrecker operator.
Kenny was a former Warren town cemetery commissioner and cemetery groundskeeper. In his leisure time he enjoyed hunting, fishing and maple sugaring.
Kenny is survived by his wife of 33 years, Cindy Greenslit of Granville; his children, Misty Greenslit and her partner Seth Cummings of Thetford and Shawna Greenslit and her husband Gene Goodrich of Willows, CA; three grandchildren, Rhianna Stillwell and Logan and Lucan Cummings; a sister, Karla Hunsdon and her husband Steve of Chester Depot; his brothers, Kalvin Greenslit and Kevin Greenslit, both of Springfield, Kraig Greenslit of Warren, Klaude Comes of Chester Depot, and Paul Brink of Randolph; three stepsisters, Michelle Lane and her husband Steve of NC, Muriel Wood of Windsor and Marilyn Knox and her husband Ted of Brownsville; a stepbrother, Mervin Comes Jr. and his wife Susan of Windsor; his stepfather, Mervin Comes Sr. and his wife Natalie Clook of Hancock; as well as extended family. Kenny was predeceased by a brother, Konny Greenslit, and a granddaughter, Meryah Stillwell.
Funeral services will be held from Warren United Church on Sunday, February 16, 2020, at 1 p.m. Later interment will take place in Mountain View Cemetery, Moretown. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Central Vermont Humane Society, P.O. Box 687, Montpelier, VT 05601 (www.centralvermonthumane.org). Assisting the family is Perkins-Parker Funeral Home in Waterbury. To send online condolences visit www.perkinsparker.com or the funeral home Facebook page.
