Here is more information about Jean Hamilton's death, from the Times Argus (www.timesargus.com) obituaries:

SOUTH RYEGATE - Jean L. Hamilton, 83, of Creamery Road, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

Born September 29, 1923 in Barre, she was the daughter of Alfred and Catherine (Littlejohn) Simpson. She attended Barre schools and graduated from Spaulding High School in 1941.

On June 24, 1946 she married Jean B. Hamilton in Barre. They made their home in Burlington; Barre; Glens Falls NY; and since 1984, in South Ryegate. The were also longtime summer residents at Joe's Pond. He died Feb. 26, 2002.

In earlier years, she had been employed at the National Life Insurance Company in Montpelier. She volunteered with the American Red Cross, and her special interests were raising gladioli, swimming, playing cards and skiing. She was a member of the So. Ryegate Presbyterian Church and had worked with the senior meals program there.

Survivors include her three daughters, Laurie Cote of Williamsburg, MA; Lynn Hamilton of So. Ryegate; Ann Dingman and husband, Karl of Brant Lake, NY; two sons, Russel Hamilton of NYC and John E.B. Hamilton and wife, Jill of Saratoga Springs NY. She had eight grandchildren, Logan, Ian, Casey and Ryan Hamilton, William and Cameron Cote, Malia Hamilton and Noah Dingman. Also surviving are three sisters, Dorothy Burbank of Jericho, Margaret Hoare of Montpelier and Virginia Milne of Barre, a brother, William Simpson of Silver Springs, MD, and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Mary Chatot, and two brothers, Howard Simpson and Alfred Simpson.

A service of rembrance will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007, at noon in the So. Ryegate Presbyterian Church. Interment will be made in the Hope Cemetery in Barre.