Marcelle J. Gosselin

Marcelle J. Gosselin, 97, of East Charleston, Vermont passed away on March 4, 2024, in Newport surrounded by family and friends. She was born February 26, 1927, in Beebe Plain, Vermont to Eugene and Regina (Allaire) Gaudreau. She married George Coderre in May of 1962, who predeceased her September 15, 1993. She later married Paul Gosselin on November 25, 1995, who predeceased her on November 14, 2005.

Marcelle was a bookkeeper for the former Worthmoore Feed Store of Newport. She was a member of St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Derby Line and also, at one time, belonged to Les Soeurs De Notre Dame des Anges in Quebec. She was devoted to her faith.

Her hobbies included knitting, reading, bird watching, and sunsets. She also loved traveling across the USA and Canada with her first husband George.

When Marcelle married Paul she was embraced as part of his family. She is survived by Paul’s family: Paulette Petelle and her partner Rachel Desiletes, Jeanine (Gosselin) and Michael Morelli, Richard and Debra (Flint) Gosselin, and Ginette(Lebel) and Craig Gallagher. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Heidi (Petelle) and Shawn Santaw, Becky Petelle, William Morelli and Erica (Nuzzo), Margaret (Morelli) and Andrew Pluskal, Philip and Jenny(Dunne) Gosselin. She is also survived by her great grandchildren, Abbie, T.J.,Flint, Elizabeth and Sofia and by her great, great grand baby, Oliver, and by her son-in-law Russell Petelle and a special friend, Lisa Moulton. 

She is survived by two sisters-in-law: Cecile (Beaudin) Gaudreau, and Denise (Poulin) Gaudreau and by numerous nieces and nephews. 

She was predeceased by her brothers and their spouses : Gervais (Germaine Lamontagny) Gaudreau, Lucien (Jeanne D’Arc Theberge), Rene (Helene Poulin) Gaudreau, Robert Gaudreau, Odile Gaudreau, John Gaudreau and by two infant brothers, Maurice and Raymond. She was also predeceased by a niece and nephews: Gabrielle Carr, Andre Gaudreau and Peter Gaudreau.

Friends may call on Thursday March 14, 2024 from 6-8 P.M. at the Curtis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home, 37 Lake Road, Newport. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday March 15, 2024 at St. Edward’s Catholic Church where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by her nephew Rev. Bernard Gaudreau. Spring interment will take place in Newport Center Cemetery. Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the Mater Dei Parish, P.O. Box 1078, Derby Line, Vermont 05830. On-line condolences at curtis-britch.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.