Samuel A. deWahl, age 31, passed away Saturday February 16 th at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA surrounded by family. He died from complications of liver failure, awaiting a transplant.
Sam was born in Burlington, VT on March 14, 1987 to John and Jocelyn deWahl and lived in Shelburne until age 7, when he and his family moved to Enosburg. Sam graduated from Enosburg Falls High School in 2005 and attended McGill University in Montreal, QC, where he studied chemical engineering.
After university, he moved to Burlington, VT where he reconnected with friends and family including his future wife Laura. He worked at United Technologies in Vergennes, VT and most recently at QIAGEN, outside of Boston, overseeing facilities operations. Sam and Laura were married in Bedford, MA on June 18, 2016.
Sam is survived by his wife Laura T. deWahl of Wilmington, MA. Sam is also survived by his parents John and Jocelyn deWahl of Enosburg, VT, his sister Lucy deWahl of Philadelphia, PA, cousin Carol Stone of Burlington, VT, Aunt Pat Fournier of Vergennes, VT, Uncle Mike and Aunt Karen Boldosser of Easton, MD, Uncle Karl DeWahl and Aunt Val Pearson, Aunt Andi Smith and her husband Glen, and cousin Kathleen DeWahl and her wife Brianna McMichael of St. Paul MN, grandmothers Carol Adams of Shelburne, VT and Ursula Conrad of Bismarck, ND, and cousins Matt Goodman of Malmo, Sweden, Katie Dukes of Livingston, TN and Aaron DeWahl and wife Kelly of Hammond, IN. Sam is also survived by friends from all chapters of his life as well as his two cats, Willy and Boba.
Sam had a great sense of humor, love of quirky movies and TV shows, Star Wars cards, cooking, and above all playing and listening to music. He will be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Universalist church in Bedford, MA on March 16 th , 2019 at 2PM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Enosburg Falls High School Music Department. Checks can be made out to Enosburg Falls Graded School District with the memo In Memory of Sam deWahl.
Saturday, March 16, 2019
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