March 28, 1940 - December 2, 1968
From the St Albans Messenger, December 2, 1968
Woman Missing After Store Fire
Perkinsville, Vt (UPI)
A 28 year-old woman apparently died early today when a fire leveled a general store.
The woman, Mary Bradish resided in an apartment above the store.
Deputy Fire Chief Darrell Sinon of Springfield said the ruins of the wooden frame building were being searched for the woman's body.
WEATHERSFIELD - Miss Mary J Bradish 28 was born March 28, 940 in Springfield daughter of Clifton and Mary (Gardner) Bradish. She attended the Perkinsville graded school and graduated from Springfield High School in 1958.
Mlss Bradish drove school buses for several years and was the only woman Vermont licensed to inspect motor licensed vehicles.
She is survived by her father and her stepmother Mrs Frederica Bradish both of Perkinsville two sisters Mrs Robert Cobb of Media Pa and Mrs Robert Howe of Perkinsville a half-sister Mrs Howard Farnsworth of Westood, NJ; aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 pm in the Perkinsville Community Church by the Rev Robert Yoh, pastor. Burial will be in the Plains Cemetery in Weathersfield.
There wlll be no calling hours.
Rutland Daily Herald, Rutland, Vermont, 03 Dec 1968, Tue • Page 8
WEATHERSFIELD - Funeral services for Miss Mary J Bradish 28 who died Monday were held Wednesday in the Perkinsville Community Church by the Rev Robert Yoh, pastor. Burial was in the Plain Cemetery in Weathersfield.
Bearers were Fred Barton and Malcolm Davidson of Perkinsville Steven Graham of Rutland Wayne Cassidy of Reading Avery Austin Jr of Springfield and Jeremy Gardener of Pepperill Mass.
Rutland Daily Herald, Rutland, Vermont, 05 Dec 1968, Thu • Page 19
Richard Maynard
Mary Bradish was the son her father never had. She dutifully fished and hunted on her own and with her father, Cliff.Mary lived in the house next door abut two hundred yards across the field towards Perkinsiville in the shadow of Pine Hill and the curved, sweep of Route 106.
About Middle School, we took our sleds and slid on the crust in the winter/spring about March and April when a warm sun would melt the snow followed by a freeze at night. We slid on the crust whenever the conditions were right - often before we climbed on the richety Moore School bus for the trip to the Park Street School in Springfield.
About 4:30 AM and before the school bus, we would rendez vous across Route 106 in the ravine under Pine Hill. We would slide the open slopes in the area above what is now the dam for Stoughton Pond and even as far as the slopes on the side of Stoughton Pond near the Crown Point Cemetery - then above the Maquire House. Those morning expeditions in the frosty mornings were some of our best outings.