Tanner Edward Gasco-Wiggin

Memorial Service April 8th, 2017

Tanner Edward Gasco-Wiggin, 26, of Chester, Vt., left us on

January 26, 2017. He was born in Randolph, Vt., on July 3, 1990

and grew up in the Springfield area, attending Springfield schools

and graduating from Springfield High School in 2008. He

attended the Maine College of Art in Portland, Me., and he became

an accomplished artist and printmaker. Tanner cared deeply

about social and political causes and was a fierce advocate for

freedom of expression. He was an avid reader, and enjoyed

snowboarding, hiking, music of all kinds, and reading and writing

poetry.

He is survived by his father, Randall Wiggin and partner

Marybeth Maloney of Chester; his mother Valerie Gasco and his

step-father Jeff Lavin of Lehigh Acres, Florida; his paternal

grandmother, Ruth Wiggin, of Rutland; his brother, Ian Gasco-

Wiggin and sister, Siera Lavin, both of Boston, Mass.; and many

loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends in New England and

Florida.

A memorial service will be held at the Old Stone Church

(First Universalist), 103 North St, Chester, Vt., on Saturday, April

8th at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that

donations be made in Tanner's memory to: the Vermont Arts

Council, Outright Vermont, or the Vermont Suicide Prevention

Center.Arrangements under the direction of Adams Funeral Homes, Chester, Vermont.