DR. ROGER MANNWATERVILLE — Dr. Roger W. Mann, longtime family physician, passed away at his home on Monday, June 30, 2014. He was born to the late Merritt Hulburd and Cornelia Lois Mann in Waterville, Vt., on Dec. 8, 1911. His early years were spent in Waterville, and he graduated from Cambridge High School in 1929. He received his undergraduate degree from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where he first met his wife, the late Muriel S. Mann, and went on to graduate from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1939. Following his marriage on June 27, 1939, he taught pathology at the Medical School and served on the staff of the Mary Fletcher Hospital while opening his own practice in Waterville. In the early forties, Dr. Mann continued his practice in Jeffersonville and, in 1946, established the R. W. Mann Hospital on Maple Street to better serve the needs of his patients.
Dr. Mann was instrumental in the development of Smuggler’s Notch Ski Ways and the establishment of Lamoille Union High School and Green Mountain Technology and Career Center. He served his community on the Waterville and Lamoille school boards for a total of 58 years. He was a former President of the Vermont Medical Society and the Vermont Heart Association, and served on the Vermont Board of Health, and the founding board of Beacon Investments.
An original Yankee, Dr. Mann was known for his patriotism and his unwavering devotion to Christ. His children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren grew up emblazoned with the truth that “youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.“ He will be remembered for his love of poetry and antique books, his fondness of hunting and trapping, and his faith in the Red Sox throughout the entirety of the Curse of the Bambino. He and Muriel founded their lives in the promise of Christ, and served as the penultimate example of love and commitment to all whom they met. Dr. Mann was the hero of many.
Dr. Mann was predeceased by his beloved wife, Muriel, of 74 1/2 years, and leaves his six children, Katherine Stebbins, Roger W. (and Susan) Mann, James Mann, David (and Cynthia) Mann, Muriel (and Bill) Baker, and Kristin (and David) Wells; 20 grandchildren, Katherine Stebbins-McCaffrey, Mark Stebbins, Juliet King, Jonathan Stebbins, Trista Hutchins, Todd Mann, Heidi Smith, Kyle Mann, Lon Mann, Jenna Maddox, Alyssa Parker, David Mann, Kimberly Holloway, Christopher Mann, Matthew Baker, Sara Lake, Juliana Elliott, Alison Wells, Annie Wells and James Wells; 29 greatgrandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Essex Alliance Church in Essex, Vt. A memorial service will be held immediately following at 1 p.m. Interment will be at the Mountain View Cemetery in Waterville.
Donations in Dr. Mann’s memory may be made to Fletcher Allen Health Care, Development Office, 111 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05401, for the Cardiology Department; or the Cambridge Elementary School Library, c/o Mary Anderson, 186 School St., Jeffersonville, VT 05464.
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