Reta Helen (Rogers) Putnam

    PUTNAM, Reta Helen (Rogers), 94, MAINE, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA & VERMONT, at Vermont, May 11, 2015. Memorial services will be held in Florida at a later date.

    MAINE, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA & VERMONT – Reta Helen (Rogers) Putnam died in Rutland, VT, on May 11, 2015, at the age of 94. Reta was born in Fort Fairfield on September 3, 1920, the fifth of seven children of Jasper Rogers and Hortense “Tensey” (Higgins) Rogers.
    In 1937, Reta married John Warren Putnam, also of Fort Fairfield. The couple had five children. After the first two children were born, Reta and John moved to Connecticut, where the remaining three children were born. After Reta and John retired in 1982, they moved to Zellwood, FL, where John died just five weeks later.
    Reta lived on her own for the next 30 years, in spite of being diagnosed with macular degeneration at age 80. At age 92, Reta moved into assisted living in Vermont to be near her daughter.
    Memorial services will be held in Florida at a later date.