Source, Rutland Vt.Herald--Wed.June 14,1939. VERGENNES, Vt. June 13--Funeral services for Mrs.Bert F. Merrill, 73, were held at her late home in Waltham, Vt. at 2;30 Sunday afternoon. The Rev.Scott Cooley of Hinesburg,Vt. officiated. The bearers were Wilfred Dubois, Seymour Savage, C. W. Ward, D. H. Hunt, A.E. Booth, H.T. Dimmock. There were many beautiful floral offerings. Interment was in Prospect cemetery, Vergennes, Vt. Mrs.Merrill was born in Waltham,Vt., November 6, 1865, the daughter of Watson W. and Martha (Thompson) Ward. She died in the same house ,which was built by her father, in which she was born and where she had spent her entire life. On December 11, 1895, she was married to B.S. Merrill. Besides her husband, she is survived by three children, Ward W. Merrill of Vergennes, Vt., Mrs. Eva Farnsworth and Mrs. Marion Shedrick of Waltham, Vt., and by six grandchildren.She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Barnette of Hampton, N.H., and a brother, F.C. Ward of Waltham, Vt.