• Stanley Pennock “Stan” Holt, 84, of Townshend. Died May 4 at his home that overlooks the family farm he loved. During his 84 years, he was a Presbyterian minister, community organizer, Christmas tree grower, devoted husband, and beloved family patriarch. He was born on Jan. 30, 1932, and raised in West Hartford, Conn, one of five children of the late Guy B. and Helen Pennock Holt. He was educated at the Loomis School, Middlebury College, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York. While at Middlebury, he met Marjorie Morgan and they married in 1954. From 1957 to 1961, he served Presbyterian parishes in St. Lawrence County, New York, and from 1961 to 1968 he was a University of Cincinnati campus minister. He trained as a grassroots community organizer in the late 1960s and helped empower ordinary citizens to become effective leaders in their struggle for safe neighborhoods, better housing, and clean air and water. He started organizing on Chicago’s West Side, then in Providence, Baltimore, Fall River, Boston, Vermont, and finally throughout the country. He moved to Vermont in 1981 and devoted his time to growing Christmas trees, logging, stacking cordwood, and managing the family farm in Townshend. For more than a decade, he was president and a motivating force for the annual Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day, which he dearly loved. He served on the Board of Directors of the Grace Cottage Hospital of Townshend, on the Board of Directors of Youth Services, and on the Townshend Planning Commission. He is survived by his wife, Marge; his children: Tim and Lisa Holt of Newburyport, Mass, Laurent Holt and Jocelyne Lacombe of Montreal, Canada; Guy Holt and Eileen Ryan of Watertown, Mass., and Constance Holt of Waterbury, Conn; nine grandchildren; and by siblings Eunice Van Vleck and Katherine Barnes. His brother, Nicholas, and sister, Penny Holt, have predeceased him. He is also survived by over 150 members of the Pennock Pines family of Skaneateles, N.Y., of which he was the last male member of his generation. Memorial information: A graveside service will be held in Townshend’s Oak Grove Cemetery on Sunday, June 19, at 1 p.m. Donations to Grace Cottage Hospital, P.O. Box 1, Townshend, VT 05353.
• Stanley Pennock “Stan” Holt, 84, of Townshend. Died May 4 at his home that overlooks the family farm he loved. During his 84 years, he was a Presbyterian minister, community organizer, Christmas tree grower, devoted husband, and beloved family patriarch. He was born on Jan. 30, 1932, and raised in West Hartford, Conn, one of five children of the late Guy B. and Helen Pennock Holt. He was educated at the Loomis School, Middlebury College, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York. While at Middlebury, he met Marjorie Morgan and they married in 1954. From 1957 to 1961, he served Presbyterian parishes in St. Lawrence County, New York, and from 1961 to 1968 he was a University of Cincinnati campus minister. He trained as a grassroots community organizer in the late 1960s and helped empower ordinary citizens to become effective leaders in their struggle for safe neighborhoods, better housing, and clean air and water. He started organizing on Chicago’s West Side, then in Providence, Baltimore, Fall River, Boston, Vermont, and finally throughout the country. He moved to Vermont in 1981 and devoted his time to growing Christmas trees, logging, stacking cordwood, and managing the family farm in Townshend. For more than a decade, he was president and a motivating force for the annual Grace Cottage Hospital Fair Day, which he dearly loved. He served on the Board of Directors of the Grace Cottage Hospital of Townshend, on the Board of Directors of Youth Services, and on the Townshend Planning Commission. He is survived by his wife, Marge; his children: Tim and Lisa Holt of Newburyport, Mass, Laurent Holt and Jocelyne Lacombe of Montreal, Canada; Guy Holt and Eileen Ryan of Watertown, Mass., and Constance Holt of Waterbury, Conn; nine grandchildren; and by siblings Eunice Van Vleck and Katherine Barnes. His brother, Nicholas, and sister, Penny Holt, have predeceased him. He is also survived by over 150 members of the Pennock Pines family of Skaneateles, N.Y., of which he was the last male member of his generation. Memorial information: A graveside service will be held in Townshend’s Oak Grove Cemetery on Sunday, June 19, at 1 p.m. Donations to Grace Cottage Hospital, P.O. Box 1, Townshend, VT 05353.
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