HANCOCK, VT — Chester George Baxter, Jr., 77 died Monday, October 5, 2020 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He was born in Boston, MA on January 15, 1943.

He is gone home to greener pastures greeted by his wife Sandra Frances Baxter.

His blood on this earth is shared by: Brother Peter Baxter, Brother Jeffrey Baxter; niece, Jessica Baxter; nephews, Jason Baxter and Jarred Baxter; daughter, Heather Baxter Jeffrey and husband Thomas Cal Jeffrey; grandson, Davis C. Jeffrey, Thomas B. Jeffrey, Miles C. Jeffrey and granddaughter Zella J. Jeffrey; son, Chester George Baxter III and wife Nichole D. Baxter; grandson, Zackery M. Baxter, Travin C. Baxter, and granddaughter, Arianna C. Baxter; daughter, Jennifer Baxter and granddaughter, Megan F. Baxter and grandson, Nickolas J. Baxter.

Through his travels he did not meet a stranger. Starting in Newton MA he rapidly blazed a trail amidst the woods and ponds that surrounded the greater Boston area. After serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era, he returned to find his childhood stomping grounds changed with the times. As a trained electrician and a fiery passion for everything adventure, he was blessed to be granted the crossing of trails with his soul partner Sandi F Stanley. With wild abandon they made a life filled with everything their love could sustain. Raising three children, a Vermont gentleman farm, and pouring their energy into the nestled town of Hancock and abutting towns there was not a struggle to great and thus riches of experience collected along every twist and turn.

Chester was a lifelong parishioner to the Roman Catholic Church spending most of his valley life attending St. Elizabeth’s in Rochester, Vermont. He would be known to be first in and last out taking care of fellow patrons, tending the property, holding dear the shared coffee hour. It was here in recent years he met his sweetheart Deborah Scherrer.

He relentlessly served in numerous roles always under the guidance of doing what was needed. A sampling of official positions included selectman, fireman, bus driver, rescue squad, parade flag bearer and cemetery groundskeeper.

Being an avid man of the land, he relished hunting, fishing, farming and was never bored.

Chester supported countless individual children and young adults through the Christian efforts of Unbound. Remembrance of his blessings can be offered in the form of donations to that program.

His children will host a Spring Roast to his legacy for family and friends in the White River Valley area.

A private message of sympathy for the family can be shared at www.boardway andcilley.com. The Boardway and Cilley Funeral Home, Chelsea, VT is in charge of arrangements.