Richard (Dick) Eddy

Richard "Dick" Eddy FAIR HAVEN – Richard William "Dick" Eddy, 86, formerly of Mount Holly, died Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at his Fair Haven home, after a period of declining health. He was born in Hamden, Connecticut, on Dec. 8, 1931, to Estella Courtois and Abel Eddy. He attended Hill House High School until he enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Oct. 8, 1951. During the Korean War, he served aboard the USS Block Island for three years, obtained his GED, transferred to an LST, and was honorably discharged after a four-year term. Dick went on to take art classes at the University of Hartford and Pratt Institute. Dick married Georgiana Doody Eddy on Oct. 3, 1953, in New Haven and lived on Connecticut’s eastern shore before moving from Madison to Mount Holly, Vermont, in 1966. Together with their four children and a variety of pets, Dick and “George” lived for decades on the former Goddell Farm, where Dick tended his woodpiles, fed the chipmunks and enjoyed country life. Although Dick worked in sales and retired from the Gift Box Corporation of America, his lifelong passions were art, fly fishing, bird hunting, antiques and the outdoors. He was an accomplished watercolor and pen and ink artist, established Weather Hill Gallery and became a member of the West River Artists’ Guild. He exhibited at the Chaffee Art Center, Fletcher Farm School for Arts and Crafts, the Southern Vermont Arts Center and many “Art in the Park” events. He raised rainbow trout in two ponds on his property, tied his own flies and made his own fishing rods. He also collected and sold antiques and trained English setters to hunt game birds. He is survived by his four children Karen Eddy, of Randolph, Richard and wife Barbara Eddy, of Eugene, Oregon, Elizabeth Eddy, of Castleton, and Ellen Eddy, of Kenesaw, Nebraska; four grandchildren Marlys Eddy, of Braintree, Vermont, Jesse and Brie Eddy-White, of Kenesaw, Nebraska, and Shana and husband Chad Mart, of Eugene, Oregon; his sister, Doris Hatfield, of Alexandria, Virginia; and nephew, Dr. Tim Richardson, of Hallowell, Maine. He was predeceased by his parents; wife Georgiana in 1993; his sister, Estelle Richardson, and brother, William. Friends are invited to attend a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in Wallingford, Vermont, on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. A gathering will be held in the Parish Hall afterwards. Memorial contributions may be made to Trout Unlimited – www.vttu.org.