from the November 15, 1995 issue of The Country Chronicle
Canaan, NH–Esther Dorst-Caruso, 84, died on Saturday, November 4, 1985 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Born in Whitingham, VT on October 6, 1911, the daughter of John and Edith (Fowler) Dorst. She attended schools in Whitingham, VT and later graduated from business college as a bookkeeper. She worked in the woolen mills in Vermont before marrying William G. Caruso in 1945. They lived in Williamstown, MA, Westbury, NY, New Milford, CT, and retired to Brandon, VT in 1973. In 1989 they moved to Canaan to be closer to their family. Mrs. Caruso served as a pianist for the Baptist Churches in all communities they lived in and was a member of the Brandon, VT Baptist Church. She served as a Girl Scout and Brownie Leader in in Westbury, NY and worked with her husband at the AGFA GEVAERT Film Company in Massachuesetts. She enjoyed gardening and was a devoted wife and mother.
Graveside services were held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Canaan Street Cemetery in Canaan with the Rev. Dale Edwards officiating. There were no public calling hours. Ricker Funeral Home of Lebanon was in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include: a husband, William G. Caruso of Canaan, NH; a daughter, Patricia Caruso of Honolulu, HI; a daughter, Theresa Annunziata of New Milford, CT; a daughter, Edith Bellion of Canaan, NH; and three grandchildren.