Arline T. Pelkey

BARRE- Arline Pelkey died peacefully on December 28, 2020 at Woodridge Nursing Home at the special age of 95 ½ years. She was born on June 22, 1925 in Canaan, VT. She lived her formative years in Beecher Falls and attended St. Albert's school in Riverside, NH. Arline graduated from Canaan High School (1943) at the top of her class, played both basketball and softball, and was bilingual (French and English). After high school, she worked for the war effort at a defense plant in Medford, MA. As the war ended, she worked at the Ethan Allen Furniture plant in Beecher Falls for a period of time. She then decided to move to Barre, VT to take a job waitressing at Mario's restaurant. It was there that she met her husband, Roland W. (Pope) Pelkey, who thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. They married February 9th, 1952. Arline & Roland worked in the hospitality industry traveling to many states - FL, NY, NH, & VT before returning to Barre to start their family. Together they had 5 children:...