Marion E. Charbonneau

Marion E. (Lund) Charbonneau died quietly on November 26, 2008 at home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Marion was born on March 30, 1921 in Worcester, MA, the daughter of Elizabeth and Fretiof Lund. In addition to her mother, she was raised by an extended family of aunts and uncles, Anne, Marion, David and William Brown and her grandmother, Jane Murray.

Marion lived most of her life in Auburn, Massachusetts and retired from the former Paul Revere Insurance Company in 1983. She was an active member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Auburn, and after retiring, enjoyed spending time at the Auburn Senior Center, where she was a self-proclaimed Trivial Pursuit champion. She loved to read and later in life became an avid Red Sox fan. She also dearly loved her cats Mitzie and Chloe and enjoyed spoiling them. In 2002 she moved to Albuquerque, NM where she was lovingly cared for by her son Paul and his wife Elizabeth. She was the wife of the late Raoul Pepin who died in 1980 and Herve Charbonneau who died in 2002.

Marion also leaves behind three daughters, Janice Strout of Auburn, MA, Joan Adcock and her husband Charles of Charlton, MA, and Elaine Ayer and her husband Fred of Portland, ME and a step-daughter, Ann Michaud and her husband Jim of Hallowell, ME. She was predeceased by her two brothers, Carl and Russell Lund. She is also survived by nine grandhcildren and seven great-grandhcildren.

Following a private family gathering, interment will be at the Worcester County Memorial Park in Paxton, MA in the Spring.