Claire T. Audet

Claire T. Audet,81, of Troy died May 19,2010 in Newport. She was born March 23, 1929 in Martinville, Quebec a daughter of Ovide and Blanche (Tetreault) Cote. On September 27, 1947 she married Maurice Audet who survives her. Mrs. Audet was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Troy and lifetime member of Notre Dame de cape in Quebec. Among her hobbies, she enjoyed knitting, gardening, spending time with her family and playing bingo and cards. She is survived by five children: Noella Berthiaume and her husband Richard of North Troy, Roger Audet and Rita of Westfield, Diane Roberts and her husband Andre of Huntington,Vt, Carmen Bouchard and her husband Jacques of Troy, and Rejean Audet and his wife Rebecca of Exeter,NH, by her grandchildren: Jean Berthiaume, Robert Berthiaume, Denis Berthiaume, Victoria Prue, Jennifer Zelco, Roger Audet,Jr, Jessica Roberts, Patrick Roberts, Johanna Demers, Nicholas Bouchard, Jonathan (Bobby) Bouchard, and Claire Audet. She is also survived by 16 great grandchildren, by her brothers and sisters: Nil Cote of Grandby,Mass, Hugette Laplante of Rock Forest,Que, Marie Paul Fauteux of St. Ezedor,Que, Real Cote of Martinville, Que, Andre Cote of Grandby, Mass, Monique Cote of Sherbrooke, Que, her sister-in-laws: Donalda Fontiane of Derby, and Yvette Lantot of Hamden, Mass and by a brother-in-law Gilles Audet of Sherbrooke, Que. and by numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister Aline Chaput, and by a brother Yvon Cote. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. on Sunday May 23, 2010 at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Memorial Chapel, 37 Lake Road, Newport. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday May 24, 2010 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Troy with the Rev. Roger Charbonneau celebrating a mass of Christian burial. Interment will follow in St. Ignatius Cemetery in Lowell. Should friends desire contributions in her memory may be made to the Alzheimers Association, of Vt and NH, 172 North Main Street, Barre, Vt 05641-4124. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.