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IN MEMORIAM
Kenneth R. Appleby
Kenneth R. Appleby, 55, of Scituate, MA,
died on January 17, 2015. Born in Yonkers,
NY, he attended Syracuse University and
earned his law degree from American University in Washington, DC. After a number
of years of practice in Vermont, he worked
most recently at the Boston firm of Mintz
Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Pompeo PC.
He is survived by his wife, Micki, two sons,
and a brother and his family.

Andrew R. Field
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on December
22, 1926, Andrew R. Field, 88, died on August 13, 2015, in Berlin, Vermont. After a
stint in the US Army during World War II,
he attended Western Reserve University,
where he earned his bachelor’s degree.
He then attended law school at Cleveland
Marshall Law School. From 1953 until 1972,
he worked as an associate counsel in the
real estate division of National Life Insurance Company, first in Cleveland, then in
Montpelier, Vermont. In 1972, he started

his own practice in Montpelier, and later
was founder of Field & Field, P.C., along
with his daughter, Sarah. During his career
he chaired and sat on the boards of numerous organizations and was a member of the
American, Vermont, Washington County,
and Ohio bar associations. He is survived
by his wife, Juanita, three daughters, and
nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Hon. Robert Grussing III
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Sept.
25, 1932, the Honorable Robert Grussing
III, 82, died on June 30, 2015 in Vernon,
Vermont. After attending college at Tufts
University and graduating in 1954, he went
to Rutgers University Law School, where he
received his JD in 1957. After his admission to the Vermont bar, he was a member
of several local law firms before starting
his own practice. He was secretary of the
Vermont Senate from 1963 to 1966 and he
served as a district court judge from 1981
until his retirement in 2000. He is survived
by three sons and their wives, a daughter

and her husband, two sisters, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

James F. Monahan
A native of Brooklyn, NY, James F. Monahan, 73, of Quechee, Vermont, died on
July 30, 2015. He attended Brooklyn College and earned his JD from Harvard Law
School in 1966, where he was editor of the
law review. After completing a fellowship
working on land use issue in Peru, he took
a position with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. A successful real estate attorney,
he was an associate at Fried Frank in New
York City and partner and chair of the real
estate groups with the law firms of Foley,
Hoag & Eliot and Bingham, Dana & Gould
in Boston. He left the practice of law in
1995 to become co-developer of Quechee
Lakes in Quechee, where he has lived for
the past sixteen years. His is s \