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Albert and Linda Barnard
Nina Bartlett
Albert and Ellen Beaudoin
Barbara Bolton
John Bolton
Leigh Bouffard
John and Gayle Bryant
Muriel Campbell and Bonnie Dattilio
Bob and Elsa Carpenter
Linda and John Chen
DGL Consulting Engineers
Greg and Renae Desautels
John and Alida Dinklage
Doubletree Hotel South Burlington
Kristen Downer
Yvette Duhamel
Leon and Blanche Dowd
Gary Filak
Jim and Barbara Flint
Gardener's Supply
Tom and Carol Lacy
Jean McDonald
Lindy Millington
Barb Nadeau
Radetta Nemcosky
Deb and Randy Norris
Jon and Valerie Norris
Eloise Papin
Bob and Daryl Purvee
Donald and Margaret Quinlan
Maurice and Janice Rathbun
Rick Reed and Pat Brace Reed
Stephen and Holly Russell
David and Heather Simkins
Willard Smith
Grace Squire
Brenda and Doris Steele
Ken and Janet Sterling
Bruce and Lilian Venner
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Verret
Jean Vigne
Laurie Way
Laura Williams
Pamela Yager



Frank W. Way Memorial Scholarship Fund

Frank & June WayA legacy for a garden friend

Frank and June Way spent several years in the 1990s tending their plots together at the Starr Farm Community Garden in Burlington.

After a long battle with cancer, Frank passed away at the Starr Farm Nursing Center on February 1, 2009 with June by his side.

A lifelong Vermonter, Frank graduated from the UVM College of Agriculture and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He returned to Vermont to work as a County 4-H Extension Agent. Frank spent the last thirty years of his career traveling throughout the state as a food inspector with the Vermont Department of Health.

By request of the Way family, Friends of Burlington Gardens has established the Frank W. Way Memorial Scholarship Fund to support the Community Teaching Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead.

Photos:  Frank and June Way at Starr Farm, September 1994

Work party at Starr Farm
To make a charitable gift to the scholarship fund in memory of Frank, please enclose a check payable to Friends of Burlington Gardens and mail to:

Friends of Burlington Gardens
PO Box 4504
Burlington, VT  05406-4504.

Or click on our secure donation form to contribute online via a credit card.

Gifts will be individually acknowledged.

Fence moving Starr Farm  
Friends of Burlington Gardens extends its gratitude to the Way family and to the many friends who will help our organization carry on Franks's legacy of agriculture, education, and service in the community.

For information, please contact FBG's executive director Jim Flint at 861-4769 or jimf@burlingtongardens.org.

Photo:  Frank Way (fourth in line) helping to move a fence at Starr Farm, April 1994.


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