Janice Larrabee Short, 87, died Tuesday Dec. 2, 2014 at her home at the Residence at Otter Creek, Middlebury, VT. She was born June 30, 1927 in Shoreham, VT, the daughter of Ernest and Rieta (Campbell) Larrabee. Her childhood was spent on the family dairy farm and orchard where she attended a one-room schoolhouse for grades 1-7, remembered getting electricity at age 7 and where hard work and determination were a necessity. After graduating from Shoreham High School in 1945 she went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree and later a Masters of Science degree in Physiology from the University of Vermont in 1958. While completing her graduate degree in Burlington, VT she met and married John Y. Short who was completing his residency in internal medicine. They married in 1958 and moved to Chester, VT and had four children. They later moved to Delmar, NY where she remained active in nature education and her family. She later took over the management of her husbands medical practice when he returned to private practice. After her husbands death in 2005, she remained in Delmar, NY for a few years but eventually returned to Addison County in 2008 to be closer to family and her roots in Vermont. Janice was a lover of anything connected to nature. She helped establish a nature trail at Elsmere Elementary School in Delmar. She loved to fish, hunt, bird watch and spend time at the family home on Lake Champlain. She also loved children and was working doing volunteer reading and instruction in Middlebury until about two years before her death. She had a series of dogs that all loved her and followed her faithfully throughout her life. She enjoyed reading and learning about Vermont and especially Shoreham, VT history. She is predeceased by her husband John Y. Short, her brother Wesley Larrabee and sister Barbara Larrabee Mykrantz. She is survived by her four children: Jeffrey (Susan) Short of Drexel Hill, PA, their children Matthew, Emily and Colin. Cynthia (Michael McGuire) Short of Rutland, VT, Timothy Short and his sons Cameron and Andrew Russell and Samuel and Lewis Short of Shoreham, VT and David (Diana) Short and their son Daniel of No. Atttleborough, MA as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews. Calling hours are from 4 PM to 8 PM on Friday, December 5, 2014 at Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral home in Middlebury, VT. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Saturday, December 6 at Weybridge Congregational Church in Weybridge, VT. Burial to follow at Lakeview Cemetery in Shoreham, VT. In lieu of flowers donations to Homeward Bound, Addison Countys Humane Society, 236 Boardman St. Middlebury, VT 05753 or Shoreham Historical Society, PO Box 156, Shoreham, VT 05770.