JOANNE MARIE ATKINS, 77, PASSED AWAY 7/25/2015 AT HER DAUGHTERS'S HOME WITH ALL HER LOVED ONES AT HER SIDE. SHE WAS BORN 10/25/1937 IN BROCKTON, MASS TO ALTON EARL & DORIS A GUILLEMETTE . SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, BUSTER; PARENTS; SISTER, CHARLOTTE HAMMARSTROM; SON, DANA ATKINS ; DAUGHTER, JEANNE LOUISE ATKINS . SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS, EVA MARIE MARSHALL (CHRIS FOWLER) AND JODI ANN PYSHER (BRIAN) ALL OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA;GRANDCHILDREN, TAMMI WILLIAMS OF SANDY CREEK, NEW YORK, KRISTI (JACK) WHITTLE, JENNIFER MARSHALL, MADISON PYSHER, EMMA JANE PYSHER ALL OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, JAROD, JASMYN, JACOB WILLIAMS OF SANDY CREEK, NEW YORK , BLAKE, JACEY WHITTLE OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA; SEVERAL NIECES & NEPHEWS. JOANNE WILL BE REMEMBERED MOST FOR HER CARING HEART FOR CHILDREN. SHE FOSTERED AND CARED FOR NUMEROUS CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS SOME RAISING FROM BIRTH TO ADULTHOOD. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER COOKING, NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS AND PARTIES FOR EVERY OCCASION AT THE FAMILY HOME. SHE OPENED HER HOME TO ANY AND EVERYONE AND NOONE WAS A STRANGER. MERRILL (BUSTER) ARTHUR ATKINS, 79, PASSED AWAY 3/27/2014 AT HOME WITH HIS LOVED ONES BY HIS SIDE. HE WAS BORN 1/10/1935 IN BENNINGTON, VERMONT TO MERRILL ATKINS, DEANE & JANE MCARTHUR. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS; SISTER & BROTHER IN LAW, NANCY & EARL COOMBS; SON, DANA ATKINS; DAUGHTER, JEANNE LOUISE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE DAUGHTERS, EVA MARIE MARSHALL (CHRIS FOWLER), JODI ANN PYSHER (BRIAN) ALL OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA;GRANDCHILDREN, TAMMI WILLIAMS OF SANDY CREEK, NEW YORK, KRISTI (JACK) WHITTLE, JENNIFER MARSHALL, MADISON PYSHER, EMMA JANE PYSHER ALL OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN , JAROD, JASMYN, JACOB WILLIAMS OF SANDY CREEK, NEW YORK , BLAKE, JACEY WHITTLE OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA; SISTER, BETTY CRAIG OF SUN CITY CENTER, FLORIDA;BROTHER, FRANKLIN ATKINS OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK AND SISTER, DEANA DANA OF HARTLAND, VERMONT; SEVERAL NIECES & NEPHEWS. BUSTER SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A BOYSCOUT LEADER AND WAS IN THE PULASKI, NEW YORK LIONS CLUB FOR NUMEROUS YEARS AND WAS WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS CHICKEN BAR-B-QUES EVERY FRIDAY.HE WAS EMPLOYED BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES FOR 44 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT AND MOVE TO FLORIDA. HE & WIFE JOANNE FOSTERED NUMEROUS CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND THEIR HOME WAS THE LOCAL GATHERING PLACE FOR ANY SPECIAL OCCASION. BUSTER WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR BEING THE LIFE OF ANY AND ALL PARTIES!! HE WAS QUITE THE JOKESTER AND YOU NEVER SAW HIM WITHOUT A FRIENDLY SMILE. HE TOOK PRIDE IN HIS FAMILY & WORK AND WAS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE.BUSTER AND JOANNE WERE MARRIED FOR 57 YEARS.A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE 1 PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST ATHE FAMILY PLOT OFF HIGH STREET IN CHESTER, VT. A GATHERING WILL FOLLOW AT DEANA DANAS HOME IN HARTLAND.