Dr. Edward Fifield Root died of diabetes January 6, 1918, at East Burke, Vt., where he had practiced most of the time since graduation.
He was born at Sheffield, Vt., March 11, 1861, his parents being Edward F. and Georgiana T. (Haley) Root. He studied his profession with Dr. S. A. Jones of Sheffield.
He married Rose Barker, who survived him, dying in 1919. They had three children, one of whom survives her parents, Marjorie Root of East Burke.