Catholic service and military burial in Fair Haven

Francis “Sam” MacCormack of Fair Haven will be remembered Friday, April 24, with a Catholic funeral Mass and a military burial in town. (millerandketchamfuneralhome.com) MacCormack died April 12, 2026, at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury, Vermont, at age 91, according to his obituary from Miller & Ketcham Funeral Homes. He was born June 11, 1934, in Troy, New York, and was educated in Benson and Fair Haven. (millerandketchamfuneralhome.com) The funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Seven Dolors, the Roman Catholic parish at 10 Washington Street in Fair Haven. Burial is set to follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in the MacCormack family lot. (millerandketchamfuneralhome.com) The military burial noted in the obituary marks MacCormack as a veteran, and it places the service in a tradition common in Vermont towns where church rites and cemetery honors happen the same day. The arrangements keep both events in Fair Haven, where his obituary says he spent much of his life. (millerandketchamfuneralhome.com) MacCormack’s obituary identifies his wife as Marcella “Babbie” MacCormack and lists five children: Peter, Mark, Sally Ryan, Beth, and Amy. It says he was predeceased by his mother, Katherine MacCormack Bishop, and his sister, Anne. (millerandketchamfuneralhome.com) Our Lady of Seven Dolors is the Catholic church serving Fair Haven, with regular Sunday and weekday Masses listed by the parish. Cedar Grove Cemetery is one of the town’s established burial grounds, with thousands of memorial records indexed online. (ourladysevendolors.vermontcatholic.org) Online obituary listings from Miller & Ketcham, Legacy, and the Rutland Herald have carried the service details this week as family and friends prepare for Friday morning’s farewell. (millerandketchamfuneralhome.com)