Jean E. Huoppi

WOODBURY - Jean E. Huoppi, 91, died Dec. 16, 2016, at Greensboro Nursing Home in Greensboro, Vermont.
She was the daughter of Harry and Mary (Purdy) Pierce, born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 1925. She attended Burdett College in Boston, before working for NET&T Co. She married Paul Huoppi in 1948 and they spent 51 years together before he died in 1999.
She was proud to tell stories of her family history on East Hill. Her father stayed on his uncle's farm and attended school at the old schoolhouse. Her great-grandfather settled just over the town line in East Calais in the early-1800s. From age 1, she spent summers at the Pierce cottage before building her home at that site.
She served the town of Woodbury as a cemetery commissioner, library trustee and a representative of Woodbury at the Health Center in Plainfield. She enjoyed camping, traveling the back roads, crocheting, reading, spending time with family and her lifelong friend, Elizabeth Barclay and her husband, Robert, of Lexington, Massachusetts.
She is survived by her two daughters, Ellen and Donna Huoppi, both of Oak Harbor, Washington; four sons, Eric Huoppi, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, David Huoppi and wife Judy, of Merrimack, New Hampshire, Dana Huoppi and wife Bobbi, of Woodbury, Vermont, and Karl Huoppi, of Barre Town, Vermont. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Burial will be held at the South Woodbury Cemetery at a later date. Visiting hours will be held at des Groseillers Funeral Home, 97 Church St., Hardwick, Vermont, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, from the hours of 4 to 6 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Twin Valley Senior Center, P.O. Box 152, East Montpelier, VT 05651 or online at www.twinvalleyseniors.org.