Groton, VT Kenneth Linwood Eastman, 93, of 238 Scott Highway, died November 30, 2008 at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital following a period of declining health. He was born in St. Johnsbury, VT, December 11, 1914, a son of Roger and Sarah Crocker (Lawton) Eastman. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Ken worked as a stone cutter at the former Davidson Granite Company in South Ryegate, VT and retired in 1969. He was an original school board member of the Blue Mt. Union School District, served for several years as a Groton Selectman as well as being a tax lister, fence viewer, and former road commissioner. An outdoorsman, he enjoyed golf, town team baseball, hunting and fishing, tying flies, and he carried a Gensing picker s permit. He had also been a member and former deacon of the First Baptist Church in Groton Survivors include his wife Mary Molly (Birch) Eastman, to whom he was married on September 18, 1946; a daughter Mary Vaeni of Taunton, MA; two sons, Kenneth A. Eastman of Campton, NH, and David A. Eastman of Groton; five grandchildren, a sister Catherine Cochran of Morrisville, VT, and two brothers, Robert Eastman of Groton, and Clifford Eastman of Ryegate, VT; along with many nieces, nephews. Calling hours will be on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, from 6-8 PM at Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, NH. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 11 AM, at Ricker Funeral Home. Burial will be in Groton Village Cemetery. Proud of his service to country and community, donations to the Vermont Veterans Home Business Office, Donation Account-Members Assistance, 325 North Street, Bennington, VT 05201, would be appreciated.