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- The Burlington Free Press
December 31, 2011
Alice McLaren Fisher Cook Bassett
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Alice McLaren Fisher Cook Bassett - Adamant - Alice McLaren Fisher Cook Bassett died at home with family on December 28, 2011. She was 86 years old and had been a resident of Wake Robin Retirement Community in Shelburne since 1993. Born in 1925 in Lyndonville, the daughter of Clayton Fisher (1894-1987) and Alberta Campbell Fisher (1903-1981), Alice grew up in New London, New Hampshire, and Lyndonville. Her parents taught chemistry and music at Colby (now Colby-Sawyer) Junior College. Alice graduated from Colby, and on May 21, 1944, she married Clinton Dana Cook II, the son of a St. Johnsbury builder and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Clint worked as a chemist for GE during World War II. He earned a M.S. degree from UVM and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. When he died in 1969, he was Vice President for Academic Affairs at UVM; the Cook Physical Sciences Building is named for him. Alice, a homemaker and mother of five all of whom survive: Dana of Toronto, Canada; Allison of Northampton, Massachusetts; Polly of Portland, Oregon; Tim of South Portland, Maine; and Cindy of Adamant. Their families have gone on to produce ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, with another on the way.
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d. 28 Dec 2011 (Age 86 years)