Herbert Fred Whitney, age 94, died June 8, 2006 at Starr Farm Nursing Home in Burlington, VT. He was born at the Wolf Hill Farm on Middle Road in Salisbury, Vermont September 28, 1911. He was the 6th child of Lizzy Bell Vincent and Fred Calvin Whitney. He attended the Center School in Salisbury, also known as the Kelly School and graduated from Brandon High School in 1928. After school, Herb got a job working for Carl Sargeant, building box culverts and bridges. He helped repair the bridge over Halnon Brook on Middle Road in Salisbury which was damaged from the 1927 flood, as well as assisted in building the bridge at the outlet of Lake Dunmore. He also helped raise Goshen Dam, worked on the Silver Lake project for Lake Dunmore and converted the road from Brandon through Leicester to cement. His father was elected road commissioner of Salsibury on March 4, 1930 and Herb got a job working underneath his father. On June 19, 1932 Herb was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident which put him in the Rutland Hospital for 24 weeks and 4 days. After recovering he got a job working for the Vermont Highway Department form 1936-1942. During this time Herb was the assistant mail carrier in Salisbury. On April 4, 1942, Herb married Laurette Lizzy Supernois in Starksboro, VT. He was drafted for WWII December 26, 1942 but because of the serious leg injury he sustained in 1932 Herb was given a 4F and sent to Jones and Lansome machine shop in Springfield, VT. He was employed there from 1942 to 1945. That summer, Herb ran a tar truck for the state. In the fall, Herb and his family returned to Salisbury and rented the house next to "Hap" Gales Garage where he got a job driving feed truck for General Mills. In 1947 Herb and his family moved to the first place north of Shard Villa. In 1950 they moved in with Herbie Oliver north of the Smith Estate where Herb ended working for General Mills and took a job as a night watchman for CV. Herb then decided to take over the contract from Herbie Oliver managing the Smith Estate Farm. Soon after, the family moved into the seventh gable house in Salisbury founded by Holland Weeks, as manager of the farm. In 1954, Herb bought one of the farms in Salisbury more familiarly known as the Paul Riviat place. He ended managing the farm on March 30, 1954 and in 1955 he was hired at Polymers Plastics in the Marble Works complex in Middlebury. In 1960 he sold the farm to Paul Riviat and moved with his family to East Middlebury where he retired from the plastic shop in 1976. Of Herbs nine brothers and sisters: Arthur, Norman, Viola, Clarence, Robert, Helen, Russell, Howard and John, only Russell survives him. He is survived by his ex-wife Laurette, sons John Whitney Sr. and his wife Lorraine of Cornwall, Barry Whitney Sr. and his wife Pam of Salisbury, Scott Whitney and his life partner Gina Morrissey of Middlebury, daughters Linda Baslow of Leicester and Jill Smith of Middlebury. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. He was predeceased by a son Rodney Herbert Whitney on May 8, 2005 and two great grandchildren; Beth Beatrice Whitney on December 1, 1989 and Noah John Whitney on September 26, 2003. Herb was an avid hunter and loved to listen to baseball games on the radio. He spent years researching his family history and loved to tell stories of the old days. He will be greatly missed. Calling hours will be from 6pm to 8pm on Monday, June 12, 2006 at Sanderson Funeral Service in Middlebury. Interment will be at the West Salisbury Cemetery on Tuesday, June 13 at 2:30pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association. Services are under the direction of Sanderson Funeral Service in Middlebury. www.sandersonfuneralservice.com