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Obituary Published in Rutland Herald on October 20, 2011

Beryl Burmaster CHATFIELD, formerly of Seymour, Conn., died peacefully on October 18, 2011, at the Wake Robin Life Care Community in Shelburne, Vt. She was 97 years old and predeceased by her husband, Henry Treat CHATFIELD, who died in Seymour, Conn., in 1992.

Beryl was born in Spokane, Wash., on August 17, 1914, the daughter of Alvin Albert Burmaster and Ada Kerssen Burmaster, originally of Fredericksburg, Iowa. Beryl's father was employed by the U.S. Immigration Service between 1914 and 1941, and the family lived in Spokane, Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada, International Falls and Duluth, Minn., and Newport and St. Albans, Vt.

Beryl attended high school in Winnipeg and earned her B.S. in mathematics in 1934 at the University of Manitoba. She also attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for post-graduate studies, and was a student of the University of Vermont for summer school in 1937 and 1938. She was employed as a teacher at the Quechee Village School from 1936-1938 and in Hartford High School in White River Junction from 1938-1941. She moved to Seymour, Conn., in 1942 to teach mathematics in the local high school and in 1943, earned a Master in Education in Teaching of Mathematics at Teacher's College, Columbia University in New York City.

While teaching in Seymour, Conn., Beryl met and married Henry T. Chatfield. They lived in Seymour for 47 years, until Henry passed away on January 28, 1992, just one year prior to their 50th wedding anniversary. Beryl moved to the Wake Robin Life Care Community in Shelburne, Vt., in 1997.

In addition to raising five children and spending many summers with the family in the Chatfield home in Weston, Vt., Beryl was active for many years in Seymour, Conn., as a Girl Scout leader and officer in the Ansonia Council, where she received the Girl Scout Thanks badge for more than 25 years of service. She was a member of the Seymour Congregational Church for over 55 years, where she taught Sunday school and was a longtime member of the choir, where she met her husband, Henry. Beryl served for many years in the Garden Club of Seymour and was a lifetime member of the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.

At Wake Robin in Shelburne, Vt., where she lived from 1997 to the present, Beryl worked in the gift shop and the community library and enjoyed many friendships. She attended the Shelburne United Methodist Church. Beryl is survived by three daughters, Jean Chatfield of Chester, Vt., Carol Chatfield of Bristol, Vt., and Betty Chatfield Brosius of Brewster, N.Y.: one son, George Chatfield and his wife Marcia of Seymour, Conn.; daughter-in-law Judy Chatfield of Southington, Conn.; granddaughters Christine Brosius Northcott of Phoenixville, Pa., Ellen Brosius of Columbus, Ohio, Brenda Harris of Ansonia, Conn., Kim Barrow of Northborough, Mass., Chelle Miklos of Stratford, Conn., and Allison Sickles of Lowell, Mass.; great-grandchildren Connor and Avery Northcott; and nieces Donna Hill of Holt, Mich., and Dale Lynch of Goshen, Conn. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry; two brothers, Charles and Roland Burmaster; a sister, Nellie Mae Burmaster; a son, Henry Oliver Chatfield; a niece, Carrie Burmaster; and a grandson, Thomas Brosius.

Beryl's ashes will be buried alongside her husband's in the Pines Bridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, Conn. A service of remembrance in Seymour will be arranged at a later date.
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Deceased
Name Beryl Burmaster Chatfield
Event Type Obituary
Event Date 01 Jan 2011
Event Place Vermont
Residence Place Bristol
Gender Female
Age 97
Occupation Girl Scout Leader, Officer
Birth Date 17 Aug 1914
Birthplace Spokane, Washington
Death Date 18 Oct 2011
Death Place Shelburne
Newspaper Addison County Independent
Others on Record
Carol Chatfield Unknown Female
Alvin Albert Burmaster Unknown Male
Ada Kerssen Burmaster Unknown Female
Jean Chatfield Unknown Female
Betty Chatfield Brosius Unknown Female
George Chatfield Unknown Male
Marcia Chatfield Unknown Female
Judy Chatfield Unknown Female
Henry Treat Chatfield Unknown Male

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