COURTESY
CLAREMONT– Blanche R. Paulette, 97, formerly of Tyler Street in Claremont died Dec. 1, 2018 at the Elm Wood Center.
She was born in Williamstown, Vermont on Sept. 25, 1921 the daughter of Augusta and Clara (LaMontagne) Belanger and resided in Claremont since 1942.
She was a graduate of Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont in the class of 1940. She retired in 1981 from Montgomery-Ward Company, where she worked as an office clerk for 39 years.
Blanche was predeceased by a stillborn daughter, Barbara in 1953; her husband, Paul Paulette in 1976; a brother, James Belanger in 1988; a brother, Robert Belanger in 2007 and a daughter-in-law, Darlene Paulette in 2010.
Surviving family includes two sons, James Paulette and his wife, Debbie and Michael Paulette and his partner, Deb Stockton; six grandchildren, James Paulette Jr. and his wife, Carin, Michele Lynn Thomas and her husband, Dan, Joshua Paulette and his wife, Kathy, Kimberly Deline and her husband, Damien, Johnathan Paulette and his wife, Megan and Amy Allard and her husband, Chad; great grandchildren, Wyatt, Cayleigh, Zachary, Jacob, Luke, Joshua Jr., James, Joseph, Curtis, Natalie, Marlee Mei, Addison and Mmeilya; a sister, Shirley Anderson; a sister-in-law, Frances Belanger; many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at St. Mary Church with Rev. Arockia Antony HGN officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street, in Claremont on Wednesday from noon until the procession leaves for the church. To view an online memorial or send a private message of condolence, visit www.stringerfh.com
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