Eunice E. Colombe

EUNICE E. COLOMBE BARRE- Eunice Colombe, 93, passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at the Berlin Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided since June 1, 2018. Despite having received both vaccine doses last winter, she tested positive for COVID-19 on October 20. Born in Barre City, Eunice was the last surviving child of eight born to Ernest Hutchinson and Hazel (Clark) Hutchinson. Her lifespan exceeded the next longest by fourteen and a half years, a feat achieved in part due to the extensive oversight and support from her daughter. As a child she lived in Graniteville, entering foster care near her seventh birthday. She attended South Barre School. After aging out of state care at 21, she worked as a personal care attendant, dishwasher, and other typical work available to women, with her longest job as a presser at Malnati Dry Cleaners. Due to the lack of childcare options, she exited the workforce to become a stay-at-home mother in 1969. Living in a time and place where an...