Born Dec. 18, 1955
Arlington, Vermont
Died Jan. 6, 2024
Manchester, Vermont
Details of services
At Skip’s request, there will be no memorial service.
Jerome Edward “Skip” Sargood, Jr. died suddenly at his home in Manchester on January 6, after a long, brave struggle with congestive heart failure. He was 68 years old. Born in Bennington, Skip grew up in Arlington and attended schools there. After graduating from Arlington High School, he worked at his family business, Jerry’s Gulf. After the station was sold, Skip made his living in the fuel oil and construction fields until his illness made it impossible for him to work. He was happily married to Jacqueline Bell-Sargood of Manchester for 40 years.
Skip Sargood was a bright, outgoing, and modest human being whose many friends included people from all walks of life. His backwoods, Native Vermonter sense of humor was legendary. He loved to kid his friends and make fun of their foibles to their faces, but he was never unkind, and he had a professional comedian’s talent for making others laugh at themselves.
Skip was a highly skilled hunter who seldom failed to get his deer, and usually two, one in Vermont and the other in New York. He was close to his father Jerry, and they hunted and fished together with great joy and a common language, describing, for example, how a deer they were tracking deer would “tip down” into “a hell of a slashin’.” Skip was a skier who enjoyed teaching that skill to schoolkids in the JISP program at Bromley. He was an avid snowmobiler, and he played volleyball and softball in Manchester leagues.
Skip Sargood was an intensely loyal and loving husband to his wife Jackie, who survives him, along with his sister-in-law Mimi Brown, his sister Karen, his niece Lynsie Stroffoleno, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father Jerry, his mother Nancy, his brother-in-law Brooks Brown, and his beloved nephew, Sean Cornell.
