May Richardson Squire Orr, formally of Monkton, Vt., died July 24, 2020, in Mountain Grove, at the age of 90. She was born in Underhill, Vt. on Feb. 17, 1930. Per May’s request, private services will be held in New Haven, Vt., at the convenience of her family.
May was a milk tester, delivered the Burlington Free Press, worked in housekeeping at the former Mary Fletcher Hospital and patient caregiver at the Waterbury State Hospital and Brattleboro Retreat Hospital, caretaker of the Underhill State Park, taught Sunday School in New Haven and provided care to many foster children. May loved to knit, crochet, tat and sew, especially dresses for her sisters, and loved sharing her creations with many relatives and friends.May obtained her G.E.D. from high school in Arizona shortly after her first marriage. May was preceded in death by her first husband, Alfred Hallock Squire after nearly 50 years of marriage; her son, Samuel; her step-daughter, Mary Ulrich; and her five brothers, Frederick, of Missouri; John and Adelbert, of Arkansas; relatives from Vermont, Henry, of Grand Isle, Vt.; and infant brother Tim, of Hinesburg, Vt.; and by an infant sister, Doris, of Charlotte, Vt.; her father and mother, Theodore Adelbert and Sarah Smith Bapp Richardson, of Hinesburg, Vt.; Dorothy Farr, of Waterbury, Vt.; sister-in law, Roberta Jean Richardson, of Grand Isle, Vt.; and two brothers-in-law, Harrison Seth Corse, of Starksboro, Vt.; Frank Watson Way, of South Burlington, Vt. A third brother-in-law, Howard Timothy Way, of Virginia; her second husband, Johnny Orr, of Arkansas; and two sisters-in-law, Emma Jean Richardson, of Mississippi, and Helen Kutrick Richardson, of Arkansas.
May is survived by her daughter, Grace Squire, of Middlebury, Vt.; three sisters, Edith and her husband, Leonard Sears, of New Haven, Vt.; Ruth Way and friend, Claude Brodeur, of Berkshire, Vt.; and Sarah “June” Way, of South Burlington, Vt. May is also survived by her three sisters-in-law, Brenda Richardson, of Quitman, Ark., and Marie Richardson, of Springfield; and brother-in-law, John Farr, of Waterbury, Vt.; and many nieces and nephews; and Judith Richardson and a special sister-in-law, Ruth Bean Richardson, both of Grand Isle, Vt.; friends and her significant other, Norman Curran, of Mountain Grove. Our family would like to thank Norman Curran and Cleo and her husband Gerry for their help in the last 10 years and especially during May’s last days with us. May they be granted peace, comfort, strength and blessings at this difficult time and the days ahead. For those who wish, condolences and remembrances may be sent to May’s sister at Sarah R. Way, 23 Cottage Grove Avenue, South Burlington, Vt. 05403. May’s Family in Vermont. Online Condolences: www.craighurttfuneralhome.com.
