11/14/2004BERNARD EMERICK DUPRAT SWANTON, Vermont - Bernard Emerick Duprat, 79, a longtime resident of Swanton Village died Wednesday evening, November 10, 2004, in the Northwestern Medical Center in Saint Albans City surrounded by his loving family. Born in Colchester on September 12, 1925, he was the son of the late Emerick and Augusta (Patneaude) Duprat. He graduated from the former Cathedral High School in Burlington with the Class of 1943 and in 1950 from Saint Michael's College with a Masters Degree in Business Administration. On July 11, 1959, he married the former Sybil Tatro who predeceased him, October 7, 1998. A member of the Local Carpenters Union 534 Bernard worked most of his life on large construction projects in the Burlington area as well as throughout Northwestern Vermont. A devoted parishioner of The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary he formerly belonged to the Knights of Columbus, Saint Edmund of Canterbury Council 7669 and was a member of the HiSwans Senior Citizens. Bernard faithfully served his country during World War II in the United States Air Force and received five Bronze Stars. He was a member of the American Legion, Green Mountain Post 1 and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 778 both in Saint Albans. Bernard was full of life with a strong personality that remained until his very last day. He leaves his daughter, Ann Wells and her husband Robert of Fairfield; two sisters, Miss Lucille Duprat of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Thomas (Theresa) McCormick of Winooski as well as several nieces and nephews. Besides his wife Sybil, Bernard was predeceased by a brother George Duprat. There are no words that can truly express how much everyone's kind gestures have meant to us - Ann & Bob The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 2 p.m. from The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 65 Canada Street, Swanton. Father John J. Meagher, SSE will be the celebrant and homilist. Interment with full military honors will follow in the Duprat family lot in Saint Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton on Tuesday from 12 Noon until 1:30 p.m. Gifts in Bernard's memory may be made to Vermont Meals on Wheels, in care of, Beatrice Cheney, 12 Broadway Street, Swanton 05488. On line condolences may be directed to Bernard's family via email address: kiddermh@ adelphia.net.