Thetford, Vermont
Michael R. Maddalena
1959 — 2024
Michael R. Maddalena, 64, died suddenly on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at his home in Thetford. He was born on September 30, 1959, in Jackson, Michigan, to Robert and Paula (McNamara) Maddalena. Michael was a true renaissance man with a tremendous enthusiasm for knowledge. He was simultaneously a student and a teacher, taking the time to learn others' passions and points of view and always happy to share his own endless supply of humor, wisdom, trivia, and his faith in impossible schemes. He seemed to be able to catalog written and spoken language into his mental library, available for recall whenever the need arose. Throughout his life, he was guided by his innate sense of fairness, justice,...