Stewart A. Walling

BLOOMFIELD – Stewart A. Walling, 80, of Bloomfield, Vt., passed away at the Country Village Genesis Healthcare Center in Lancaster on Monday morning, Feb. 20, 2023, with his family by his side and after a long period of declining health. He was born in Bloomfield on March 8, 1942, a son to the late Winslow and Kathleen (Nason) Walling. He attended grammar school in Bloomfield and was a 1960 graduate of Stratford High School. Immediately after high school, Stewart joined the U.S. Air Force and served with honor in Germany from 1960-64. He was the Chief of Police for more than 10 years in the town of Stratford, and he also worked as an Essex County Deputy Sheriff in Vermont, for the Northumberland Police Department for 13 years, and part-time as a police officer in Colebrook. Stewart also worked at the Groveton paper mill. He served for many years as the sexton of cemeteries for the Town of Bloomfield, as a selectman in Bloomfield, and as town constable. Stewart was a member of the American Legion, as well. He loved being a police officer, telling jokes, and all the things that come natural to men. Stewart leaves behind his two sons, Tracy (Donna) Walling of Bloomfield, and Lance Walling of Colebrook; his three siblings, Bernard (Roseanne) Walling and Kerry Walling, and Emogene Hart, all of Bloomfield; 5 grandchildren, Patrick (Marcy) Walling, Kyle (Jess) Walling, Moriah (Josh) Watson, Aysa (Chad) Walling, and Kayla Bouchard; and 3 great-grandchildren, Nason Watson, Ainsley Watson, and Lennan Watson. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Carolyn (Wesson) Walling in 1990, and his second wife, Linda (Morivac) Walling in 2008. There are no public calling hours. A graveside committal service with military honors will take place at the family lot in the Bloomfield Cemetery on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 11 a.m. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Chief Walling may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, P.O. Box 376, Colebrook, NH 03576. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.

Stewart A. Walling

March 8, 1942 - February 20, 2023