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  William Edward (Ted) Bermingham
William Edward (Ted) Bermingham was born on April 28, 1927, in Rye, New York, to Rutledge and Grace Crow Bermingham. He had two brothers Eldridge and Rutledge and a sister Pamela. In Rye his family lived on Pine Island. He attended Rye Country Day and graduated from the Taft School in 1945.
Ted enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the occupying forces in postwar Germany. He entered Princeton University and received an A.B. in history with the 1951 graduating class.
 Ted subsequently taught school, earned a B.S. in animal husbandry from Colorado A&M, and worked for several years in advertising and television in New York.
He came to Vermont in 1960 when he was appointed by Governor Stafford to be the director of the Vermont Development Commission.
Ted married Norma Canales of Barre, Vt., on July 4, 1960, and they moved to Cabot, raising two children. Ted served on the Cabot School Board and on the Planning Commission.
In 1961, Ted joined Sterling School, a boys’ preparatory school in Craftsbury Common, Vt. Over a span of 14 years, Ted worked at Sterling first as a teacher and coach, then as the School’s Headmaster. Ted also held other leadership positions as Sterling became a postsecondary school, offering the Grassroots Project, a one-year program in agriculture, forestry, and wildlife management.
He and Norma formed Farm & Forest Productions in 1979, providing media and consulting services to a variety of clients. Farm & Forest Productions made videos to assist businesses with marketing, recruiting, and safety; it also produced educational films for broadcast, with an emphasis on agriculture and forestry. Erin joined Ted and Norma in the business in 2013.
Ted had a lifelong passion for working with horses. He inherited his love for horses from his mother and was a versatile horseman.
He rode horses as a child, competed in the Vermont 100-mile trail ride, fox hunted in Virginia, worked with ranch horses in Colorado, raced Thoroughbred horses in Maine and Montreal, bred Arabian and Percheron-Thoroughbred horses, drove Belgian draft horses, and with his family taught a one-week draft horse school for several summers on his farm in Cabot.
 However, for almost 20 years, his focus was on the training and racing of Standardbred harness horses. Ted, Erin, and Eden earned licenses to train and drive harness horses professionally. During this time, they raced extensively at both fairs and commercial raceways in Maine, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
Ted lived a full, wonderful life and cared deeply about his family, friends, and students. He had a genuine curiosity about animals and their contribution to life’s joy.
William Edward (Ted) Bermingham passed away Jan. 18, 2022, at his home in Cabot, VT where he had lived for 61 years.
Ted’s brothers, Rutledge Jr. and Eldridge, sister Pamela Bermingham Nichols, and niece Anne Bermingham Allsopp predeceased him.
Survivors included his wife, two children, Eden C. Bermingham DVM (Joseph Melchiorre Jr.) of Milton, Delaware, and a son Erin R. Bermingham of Montpelier, Vt., sister-in-law Sylvia Canales of Barre, and four nieces and five nephews.
Name: William Edward Bermingham Race: White Age: 18 Birth Date: 16 Mar 1927 Birth Place: Rye, New York Residence Place: Rye, Westchester, New York Registration Date: 16 Mar 1945 Registration Place: Manch, New York, USA Employer: Unemployed Weight: 160 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 5'' 9" Next of Kin: Grace Bermingham
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