Norma Jean Guertin

Norma Jean Guertin obituary, Saint Albans, VT

Norma Jean Guertin

Norma Guertin Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Heald Funeral Home - Saint Albans on Nov. 7, 2025.

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Saint Albans – Norma Jean Guertin a lifelong area resident passed away, Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at the Northwestern Medical Center.
Born in Swanton on May 3, 1930, the daughter of the late Homer and Bernadette (Fournier) Holbrook. Norma was 95 years old.
On September 15, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, she married Paul E. "Chink" Guertin, who predeceased her on June 23, 2018.
She was a graduate of Swanton High School and received her registered nursing degree from the Heaton Nursing School in Montpelier. She was a longtime nurse for the Fonda Container Group and then for the office of John R. Carmola, MD. Norma was a longtime member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
Norma is survived by her 2 sons, Dale Guertin and his wife, Mary, of Richford and Jay Guertin and his wife, Kathy, of Laconia, New Hampshire as well as her grandchildren, Nicholas Guertin, and Erin Caruso and her husband, Joe, and their children, Lillian, Harrison and Annabelle.
It was Norma's wish that services be private with interment following in Riverside Cemetery in Swanton.
Honored to be serving the family of Norma Guertin is Rett Heald of the Heald Funeral Home, where messages of condolences are welcome at www.healdfuneralhome.com.
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