Hugh Henry McIntyre, age 86, of Westview Meadows, Montpelier, died at his home on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
He was born in St. Louis, MO., son of Henry Blodgett and Gladys Miller McIntyre.
He served as a pilot in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1947 and graduated
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1950. He married Eleanor
Eckerson in Pittsfield, MA, in June 1950.
He was a consulting engineer in Waitsfield until his retirement in 1985.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Henry Blodgett and wife Lucille
McIntyre of Litchfield, ME; a daughter, Ann M. Maxfield of South
Burlington; six grandchildren, Jason and wife Marcey McIntyre, Sarah
and husband Ryan Kelley, Benjamin and wife Nicole McIntyre, Andrew and
wife Danielle Maxfield, Alexis and Abigail Maxfield; nine
great-grandchildren, plus one on the way, many nieces and nephews,
brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, William N. and wife Bette Eckerson,
and a brother-in-law Charles L. Ward.
He was predeceased by his three siblings, John McIntyre, Hannah Jeffrey
and Harriet Ward. A service was held at Christ Episcopal Church in
Montpelier on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, followed by a private burial
ceremony at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center.
In lieu of flowers, friends may donate to Kellogg-Hubbard Library,
Central Vermont Home and Health Hospice or a charity of your choice.
