Merrill W. Carpenter

BARRE CITY- Merrill W. Carpenter,83, of Barre, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 with his wife Kaye by his side. Merrill was born on December 29, 1936 in Denver Colorado. He was the son of the late Merrill and Rosemary (Whitney) Carpenter. Merrill met the "Love of His Life", Kaye, while horseback riding. They married in 1957. His first job was as a tailor's apprentice. He also worked at Ainsworth, a balance factory in Colorado, Omark Industries, a chainsaw factory when he moved the family to Oregon, and a groundsman at Chestnut Benevolent Association when they moved to Massachusetts. They then moved the family to Vermont. They ran their own trash pickup company and Merrill really wanted to learn to do woodworking. He loved it and was good at it. As their children started their own lives, they moved to Wisconsin where they worked at Cedar Ridge Residential Home for Christian Scientists.  Then he and Kaye moved to NY, where they worked at High Ridge House, a Residential Home for Christian...