Details of service : Calling hours will be at the Heald Funeral Home, 87 South Main Street, St. Albans on Friday, March 20, 2026 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. A service to celebrate Rod’s life will be held at the Georgia Plains Baptist Church, 1493 Stone Bridge Road, Georgia at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 21, 2026. Rodolphe (Rod) James Vallee passed away peacefully following a long illness at his home in Georgia, Vermont on March 12, 2026. Rod was born on May 27, 1937, son of Rodolphe L. and Shirley Vallee, the third of five Rodolphes, descendants of French Canadian immigrants, whose family is traced to Beauport, Quebec from the early 17 th century. While Rod’s early years were spent on High St. in St. Albans, Vermont, his family moved to a dairy farm in Sheldon, Vermont where his love of the outdoors blossomed. He and his beloved beagle, Penny, were often found in the company of his best friend Terry O’Brien, hunting rabbits in Sheldon and Fairfield Swamp, with Terry and Rod ultimately building a log cabin for deer hunting in the town of Lewis in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. As Rod’s family grew, he purchased a logging camp in northern Maine, which, to this day, serves as a gathering place
