RICHFORD - JeanneDarc Gagne, 72, a resident of the Prive Hill Road passed away on Wednesday morning, June 18, 2008 at the Birchwood Nursing Home in Burlington.
JeanneDarc was born on October 2, 1935 in Highgate Center, VT the daughter of Simeon and Bernadette Laplante Gagne. She attended schools in Highgate.
A communicant of All Saints Church in Richford, JeanneDarc sang in the church choir. In her earlier years she worked in a sewing shop in Swanton and as a housekeeper for Father Laroche at All Saints. She especially enjoyed quilting, sewing, babysitting and making pastry. She will be remembered for her kindness to others and her willingness to do what she could to help.
Surviving are her sister Christine (Gagne) Snider and her husband Frederick of Richford; 3 brothers Andre Gagne and his wife Eileen of Swanton, Harvey Gagne and his wife Madeline of Highgate Center and Leonard Gagne and his wife Nicole of St. Stukley, Quebec; her sisters-in-law Louise Gagne of Sanford, ME and Geraldine Seavy of Wolcott, VT; nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents, JeanneDarc was predeceased by 2 brothers Bernard Gagne and Adrien Gagne.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday , June 23 , at 11:00 AM at All Saints Catholic Church in Richford with the Rev. Karl Hahr officiating. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery in Richford. Friends are invited to call at the Spears Funeral Home in Enosburg Falls on Sunday, June 22 from 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 PM.
Should friends desire, gifts in JeanneDarcs memory may be offered for the purchase of a memorial and sent to Lynne Kane, 52 Prive Hill Rd., Richford, VT 05476.