Source, Rutland Vt. Daily Herald--Mon. Nov. 6, 1978. HOWARD R. COLE. EAST WALLINGFORD, Vt.--Howard R. Cole, 62, of East Wallingford died Sunday morning at the Rutland (Vt) Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Mount Holly, Vt., on Jan.14, 1916, the son of Warren and Phalena (Rabtoy) Cole. Before his retirement in1975, he worked as a machinist for General Electric Corp. in Rutland, Vt. He was a member of the East Wallingford Baptist Church. He is survived by his former wife, Beatrice Brown of East Wallingford, Vt., three daughters, Mrs. Merton (Constance) Fullam of Springfield, Vt., Mrs. Raymond (Linda) Tarbell of Healdville and Mrs. Douglas ( Lynnette) Devereux of Belmont ; five sons, Ted Cole and Gail Cole, both of Louisville, Ga., Jerry Cole of Perkinsville, Lynn Cole of Rutland and James Cole of Wallingford ; two sisters,Mrs.Eleanor McDermott of Lake Park, Fla., and Mrs. Helen Ott of Deerfield Beach, Fla., ; three brothers, Elbert Cole of Wantagh, N.Y., Norbert Cole of Rutland and Allyn Cole of East Wallingford ; twenty grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Congdon Funeral Home in Wallingford, Vt.