Josephine Loretta Shumway Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Josephine Loretta Shumway in Barre, Vermont, who passed away on July 5, 2025 at the age of 79. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Josephine Loretta farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Josephine Loretta is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Arthur F. Godfrey, Jr. and Clara Godfrey (Walden) of West Fairlee. She is survived by: her daughters, Sally Jones of Northfield and Brenda Covey of Ticonderoga; her siblings, Florence Keating of Essex Junction, Ramona Godfrey of Waterbury Center and Frank Godfrey of Fairlee; her stepdaughter Val Shumway (Harriet Hill) of Randolph; and her friend Patty. She is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
