Woodstock, Vt. —
Millie was born on Sept. 18, 1919, in Rutland, Vt., to Earl and Sybil Elizabeth (St. John) Allard. She graduated from Rutland Elementary School then Rutland High School in 1937. Started working for the NE Telephone Co. in Rutland until she moved to Washington and worked for Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. In 1942 she joined the US Navy serving in WWII. She returned from serving in the Navy and worked for Eastern Airlines in Miami, Fla. She was then recalled to duty and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. After her second time serving with the Navy, she returned to work for the Southern Bell Telephone Co. until moving to Vermont in 1954. She met Ed McGee and they were married at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church on May 21, 1955.
Mildred was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, the St. Anne’s Club, Telephone Pioneers of America, the American Legion Post # 24 in Woodstock, the Green Mountain Girls Wave # 113, and Wave’s National.
She is survived by three sons, Edward James McGee, Jr. and wife Karen of Woodstock, Robert Earl McGee and wife Nancy of Deep River, Conn., and Jeffrey Allen McGee and wife Cindy of Kalaheo, Kauai. She has seven grandchildren, Kasey McGee Schoettler, Tyler McGee, , Jonathan McGee, Jordan McGee, Jarred McGee, Thomas McGee, and Mary McGee; as well as two great grandchildren, Lily and Shane Schoettler.
She is predeceased by her parents, husband Ed and a brother Clayton Allard who died as a Navy Pilot in 1942.
A funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, July 2 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church in Woodstock followed by burial in the Riverside Cemetery in Woodstock.
Those wishing may make memorial donations to the Thompson Senior Center, 99 Senior Lane, Woodstock, VT 05091 or the St. Anne’s Club C/O Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, P.O. Box 397, Woodstock, VT 05091.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock. An online guest book can be found at cabotfh.com.