Theresa M. Ingersoll

Theresa M. Ingersoll,78, of West Charleston passed away March 19, 2009 in Newport. She was born March 28, 1930 in Barton a daughter of George and Mildred (Holt) Paquette. On June 5, 1950 she married Arthur Ingersoll who predeceased her on June 16, 2008. Mrs. Ingersoll held memberships with the American Legion Auxillary Barton Post 76, the Barton Homemakers Club, and she was very active with Community Circle. She was a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, a reader to children in the Barton Graded School, and she enjoyed cooking and gardening. She was a wonderful mother. She is survived by her children: Alan Ingersoll and his wife Gail of Wake Forest, NC, Janice Boyko and her husband Frank of Simsbury,Conn, Frances Ingersoll of Canton, Conn, Joan Reed and her husband Bruce of Maumelle Ark, Diane Byrnes and her husband John of Burlington, Gail Vanasse and her husband Gaston of Brownington, Donna Patenaude and her husband Roger of Brownington and by the following grandchildren: Brian and Keith Ingersoll, Stephen Boyko,Alison (Boyko) LaPenta and her husband Geoff, Logan, Leslie, and Nick Vanasse, a great granddaughter Taylor Vanasse, a brother George Paquette and his wife Yolande of Barton, a sister Marie Letourneau of Barton, a sister-in-law Gardenia Paquette of Barton, and by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by an infant son Earl, a brother Carl, and a sister-in-law Margaret Bartlett. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday March 23, 2009 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Barton with the Rev. Sixmund Nybenda celebrating a mass of Christian burial. Friends may call from 9:00 A.M. until 10:30 AM on Monday March 23, 2009 at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Elm St, Barton. Spring interment in St. Paul’s Cemetery. Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Vermont Division, Inc 121 Connor Way, Suite 240, Williston,Vt 05495. 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.