Tom Dente sent me the following notice:

MONTPELIER — Ann W. Mureta, 96, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and formerly of Montpelier, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, in her home, unexpectedly.

She was born Nov. 14, 1910, in Peacham to Edward and Melvina Spinks Hamel. In 1936 she married Steve Mureta, who died in 1977.

Survivors include three children, Joseph Mureta and his wife Theresa, and Betty LeRoy, both of Montpelier, and Mary Parke of Chillicothe, Ohio; grandchildren Gary Mureta, Daniel Mureta, Brenda Mureta Aiken, Douglas Mureta, Michelle Parker and her husband David, Thomas Aldrich, Steven Parke and wife Stephanie, and Kristin Parks and her husband Neal; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Agnes Demers, Lucille Spinks, Beatrice McManis and an infant; two brothers, Ralph and Edward Hamel; her mother, father and stepfather, Samuel Thurston and a granddaughter, Linda Aldrich.

Mrs. Mureta's family moved to Canada when she was 3, and back to the United States when she was 10. She was educated in both Canadian and American schools. She loved to play bingo, cards, to knit and to dance, and she cared deeply for the family pets. However, the love of her life was her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Calling hours will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at Guare & Sons Funeral Home and Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. on Oct. 29, 2007 at St. Augustine Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Vermont Humane Society, P.O. Box 687, Montpelier, VT 05601.

Those wishing to express online condolences may do so at www.guareandsons.com.

Our sincere sympathy to JPA members, Michelle and Dave Parker, and to the Mureta family.  Michelle's mother and father, Theresa and Joe Mureta, owned a cottage on Old Homestead Road about in the 1970's.