Jean Denis Deslandes

Jean D. Deslandes, age 94 passed away on Sunday, July 14th, 2024 at the UVM Medical Center with his family by his side.

Jean was born in Quebec, Canada on May 21, 1930 to Antoine and Leontine (Minette) Deslandes. He was the 4th child out of 6: Elianne, Rose Aimee, Germain, Jean, Denise and Pierre Paul.

Jean attended school in Saint-Valerein, Quebec until the 7th grade.

On July 26, 1952 he married his wife, Jeannine Roy at the Saint Joseph Church in Granby, Canada. Jean and Jeannine started their married lives together in Saint-Valerein, Quebec Canada before moving to St. Albans, VT. He worked on several farms before purchasing his own dairy farm where they raised their family of three sons.

Jean was a kind, gentle, quiet man who was a hard worker all his life. His work ethics and dedication were to his dairy farm until his retirement. In his younger years not only would you find him in his barn but in his sugar woods cutting down trees for firewood and then burning the wood in his small operation of sugar making in the spring. His family always enjoyed the fresh taste of his maple syrup. After retirement he continued his passion by working the fields on his son, Mike's farm. He would be seen tinkering in his garage, snow plowing his driveway on those cold blizzard days where his coat and face would be covered in snow drifts up to the age of 93 and mowing his lawn until the week of his passing. He enjoyed visiting with his family especially his five grandchildren & seven great grandchildren. He loved his farming, going dancing with his siblings in Canada, playing cards with his wife and friends and Sudoku.

He will be known & missed as a strong hardworking man that never gave up on life right until the end.

Jean is survived by his wife, Jeannine Deslandes; children Michael Deslandes and his wife Diane, Pierre Deslandes and his wife Claudine, Luc Deslandes and his wife Michelle; Grandchildren Natalie Ivanic and husband Ziga, Maria Reichardt and her husband Christian, Angie Peters and her husband Kevin, Tracie Deslandes and her husband Bill Stowell and Julie Ryan and her husband Robert; Great Grandchildren, Elisabeth, Tobias, Gabriel, Luka, Nina, Theodore and Oliver; Sister Denise Deslandes and many nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his siblings, Elianne, Rose Aimee, Germain, Pierre Paul and several brother and sister in laws.

Friends and family are invited to Jean's life celebration to include a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, August 16th, 2024 at 2:00PM at the Church of the Nativity, 65 Canada Street, Swanton, VT 05488.

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