Robert Frederick Austin

1937 - 2016  (79 years)

• Name	Robert Frederick Austin
  Birth	16 May 1937	Fairfield, FRANKLIN, Vermont
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Nov 2016	Florida
  Burial	St. Mary's Cemetery, Swanton, Vermont
  Person ID	I25896	King/Roy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Bay H. Austin,   b. Highgate, FRANKLIN, Vermont
  Mother	Grace Ellen DuCharme,   b. Westfield, ORLEANS, Vermont
  Family ID	F13767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Grace Gamache,   b. 20 Aug 1940, St. Albans, FRANKLIN, Vermont bur. St. Mary's Cemetery, Swanton, Vermont
  Marriage	18 Aug 1956	St. Albans, FRANKLIN, Vermont
  Children	+ 1. Jeffrey Robert Austin,   b. 21 Feb 1957, Vermont d. 11 Aug 1995, Nashville, DAVIDSON, Tennessee (Age 38 years)   2. Andrea M. Austin,   b. 4 Jun 1962, Vermont d. 8 Apr 2010, Massachusetts (Age 47 years)
  Documents		Marriage Record of Robert Austin and Marie Gamache
  Headstones		Headstone of Robert Frederick Austin / Marie Grace Gamache (F13766); Jeffrey Austin
  Family ID	F13766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 18 Aug 1956 - St. Albans, FRANKLIN, Vermont Death - 24 Nov 2016 - Florida Burial - - St. Mary's Cemetery, Swanton, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Died: Parents - Fay and Grace (Ducharme) Austin. Attended numerous colleges taking courses pertaining to his work in the paper industry. Member of the Vermont National Guard and was a veteran serving with the United States Army where he achieved the rank of Sergeant First Class. Over the years he was employed as a marketing manager for Thermo-Electron Corporation of Portland, Ore. and Auburn, Mass. formerly the Lodding Engineering Corporation where they manufactured paper making machine equipment. He was also employed by W.E. Green Corporation in N.Y., Perkins Machine Company in Warren, Mass., Fonda Container Corporation in St. Albans, Vt., and the St. Albans Police Department. Memberships included National TAPPI, member and past chairman of National PIMA, former chairman of the New York State TAPPI, former secretary and chairman of the New York ? Canadian PIMA, and Lions Club International. Survived by his wife; a daughter; a siste; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Predeceased by a son Jeffrey R. Austin and numerous brothers and sisters. Gilman Funeral Home & Crematory, Putnam, Conn.