A Life: Geraldine Estelle Deal Searles; ‘She was a dynamo’ Gerry Searles, right, of Lebanon, N.H., and Gordon Thomas look at the mural painted by Peter Michael Gish in the Vermont Room at the Coolidge Hotel in White River Junction, Vt., during an opening of the artist's work Friday, June 5, 2009. "Every time I come back, I've got to come and look at these because I think these murals are exceptionally good," said Thomas, a Dartmouth classmate of Gish. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.