CONSTANCE LEIGH BILLADOMOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. / VERGENNES - Constance Leigh Billado died Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Mountain Home, Ark. at the age of 64. Constance was born Feb. 23, 1947, in Elizabeth, N.J., the daughter of Albert and Jessie Mueller Gatow. She married Wayne Billado on Oct. 17, 1998, in Burlington. She graduated from Vergennes Union High School in 1965 and from Champlain College, Burlington in 1967. She was a homemaker and lived in Mountain Home, Ark. for eight years, moving from Burlington. She was a member of Vergennes Congregational Church. Constance was loving, generous and known for her creative ability. She'll be missed by family and friends. Constance is survived by her husband, Wayne; two sons, Thomas Tanner of Missouri and Scott Tanner of Florida; two stepsons, Wayne (Susie) Billado of Georgia, Vt. and Keith (Sally) Billado of Fairfax; two stepdaughters, Judy (Mark) Adams and Ruth (Tim) Comeau, both of Barker, N.Y.; 10 grand- children and three great- grandchildren; and one brother, Kenneth (Rosemary) Gatow of Burlington. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2011, at BrownMcClay Funeral Home in Vergennes. Interment will be in Sunset View Cemetery in Waltham. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House, 774 Long St., Mountain Home, AR 72653.
