Hartland, VT – Lucille Carpenter Tancreti passed away peacefully at HHR, Stoughton House in Windsor, VT, January 26, 2026. She was 96 years and 320 days old.
Lucille was born in East Barnard, VT, to Hazel Leao Carpenter and John Carl Carpenter. She loved and lived in her little town until she was 13, when her beloved father Carl died and they were forced to sell the farm and move to Woodstock, VT. She attended Woodstock High School and made many lifelong friends during that time; she graduated in the class of 1947.
As fate would have it, she and friends attended a dance in West Woodstock, where she met a young man just back from the war, William Tancreti. They married on August 1, 1947 and spent the next 61 years together.
After owning and working at a small general store with her husband in Hartland 3 corners, they moved to the Tancreti family farm where they raised 6 children. Lucille was a proud and loving grandmother to 15 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
She loved crocheting, sewing, crafting, gardening, bird watching, and researching her family ancestry. She was an avid reader and enjoyed introducing books to children; she did story hours at HES library as the assistant librarian where she worked for 18 years.
She is survived by her children, MaryLee Biathrow (Philip) Hartland, VT, Carl Tancreti (Heidi) Claremont, NH, Dixie Paradis, Hartland, VT, Stacey Kegelman, Hartland, VT, Trace Tancreti (Andrea) Hartland, VT, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, William Tancreti and daughter, Marcia Fallon, Rochester, NY.
Visiting hours 1-2pm, Service at 2pm, Saturday, 2/21, Cabot’s Funeral Home, Woodstock, VT.
In lieu of flowers, a donation in Lucille’s memory can be made to: Aging in Hartland, the HES Library, or Historic Homes of Runnemede, Windsor, VT.
An on-line guestbook can be found at cabotfh.com.
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