MADELINE CONE EAST MIDDLEBURY- Madeline A. Cone, 91, a 68 year resident of East Middlebury, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. Born in Randolph May 7, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Edna (Manning) Buttles. Madeline enjoyed being a homemaker and was an exemplary mother, always displaying wonderful nurturing and protective qualities for her beloved family. She was very musical, playing the xylophone and singing with a beautiful voice. She was a member of East Middlebury United Methodist Church where she faithfully attended every Sunday until her health prevented her attendance. Surviving family members include her two daughters, Sylvia M. Boyea and her husband Ken of Weybridge and Earlene S. McMenamy and her husband Ed of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; two sons, Douglas E. Cone and his wife Connie of Stowe and Michael J. Cone and his wife Joanne of East Middlebury; four grandsons and one granddaughter, Keith and Brenda Boyea and their children, Collin and Emma, Kevin Boyea, Mark Cone and his wife Catherine and their children, Zachery, Sofia, and Madeline, Brian Cone and his wife Shawn and their children, Casey, Alexa, and Ryder and Kelly Reynolds and her husband Dan and their children, Shea and Makala. She was predeceased by her husband Earl F. Cone in 2004 and by three siblings, Winona Mahan, Frank Buttles, Jr. and Leona Buttles. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at East Middlebury United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Bushman, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Prospect Cemetery, East Middlebury. No public visiting hours will be held. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to Project Independence, Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, (Memory Care) or to the Vermont Alzheimers Association. Arrangements are under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 S. Main St., Middlebury. www.sandersonfuneralservice.com.