Newbury, VT - For those who haven t heard we lost a good man last Monday June 9th, at the early age of 59. The day was hot, sunny with just enough wind to dry the grass. It was just the kind of day that he loved to be out in the field mowing, tedding or bailing hay. He and his tractor would shift into high gear racing the Vermont weather - which is very fickle as we know. He made hay the old fashion way. He enjoyed all of his family out there with him, too. Deer hunting was a favorite fall activity. He and Tristan would get their stands ready check out where all the action was and make their strategies on the hunt. Lawrence was one of those old fashion hunters: never hunted from the road, never shot a deer from the window, never baited the deer. He just loved to be out there with his son and the critters of the forrest, he loved to smell the damp earth under his feet. He was as excited about seeing the deer as hunting them down. Bentley remembers long fishing days down on the Wells River with his Dad. Coming home with those boney perch, snagging those rock fish or bringing in a board and calling it a day. Cows , horses and sheep: Lawrence was a cow man, he grew up milking those cows, he was a cow whisper. Horses and sheep were his wife, Cary s passion. Even though he was fond of cows he was always there to help with the horses and sheep. This hard working man was a perfectionist, everything had to be done in a certain way, his way. His family tried so hard to do it right. From felling the trees, to stacking the wood to sending the fly out to the fish, he had a very special gracefully way with all of it. He could turn a burl into the most beautiful bowl, make furniture out of lumber from his land, there was nothing he couldn t do. He did it with a slow precision. On Sat he was surrounded by friends and family, it was another beautiful hay day. He said If I knew it was going to be like this I would have started dying sooner . Cancer took his body but it never took his spirit. He left this world as he lived, a gentle, kind, hard working man with an amazing dry Vermont sense of humor who never had any fear, he always excepted life the way it was. He was a man of few words but when he spoke it was always worth hearing. At his request there will be no services.