Maria Ann Michaud

EAST HARDWICK - Maria Ann Michaud of East Hardwick passed away suddenly at Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin on Monday, July 21, 2008.

Maria was born on Oct. 14, 1982, at C.V.H. She attended elementary school in Hardwick and graduated from Hazen Union School in the class of 2001. She continued her education at Cobleskill College in Cobleskill, N.Y. On July 29, 2006, she married Daniel Michaud. She was employed at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Vermont in Montpelier. On Aug. 5, 2007, Maria and Daniel were blessed with a daughter, Natalie Ann Michaud. She was a wonderful wife, mother, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, sister-in-law and friend.

She loved photography. She was always photographing her daughter, Natalie, and other family members. She enjoyed scrapbooking her photographs and reading to Natalie. She also loved spending time with her family and friends, but most of all she loved being a wife and mother.

Maria leaves behind her husband and best friend, Daniel Michaud and their beautiful one-year-old daughter, Natalie Ann; her parents, Dennis and Lori Demers of East Hardwick; her sisters: Tonia Gray and her boyfriend, Kevin, of Barton and Dennise Demers and her fiancé, Corey, of Burlington; her brothers: Tyler Demers and his wife, Michelle, of East Hardwick, Jesse Demers of San Diego, Calif., Nicholas Demers of East Hardwick, Shawn Gray and his girlfriend, Sophia, of Lake Charles, La. and Robert Agresti and his wife, Anna, and their children, Dylan and Alicia, of Rye, N.H. She also leaves her father-in-law and mother-in-law: Denis and Claire Michaud; her brother-in-law Jeremy and his wife, Leslie and their children, Lincoln, Gabriel and Morgan; her brother-in-law Travis and his wife, Chrystal, and their children, Hunter and Haley, all of East Hardwick; a special family friend, Landon Thompson of Hardwick; grandparents: Ruth Silver of East Hardwick and Donald Ferland and Madeline, of Greensboro Bend; Dan's grandmothers, Marie Paule Michaud of East Hardwick and Dorothy Perron of Glover, and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Maria was predeceased by her mother: Nancy Agresti; her grandparents: George and Bernadette Demers, Grandpa Gary and Uncle Louis; Dan's grandfathers: Yvon Michaud and Norman Perron.

Maria was taken from us so suddenly. We don't know how we will go on without her. We loved her so much.

Visiting hours will be held Friday evening, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Northern Vermont Funeral Home, 60 Elm Street, Hardwick.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at 11 a.m. at St. Norbert's Catholic Church in Hardwick with Father Peter O'Leary and Father Michael Augustinowitz celebrants. Burial will follow in the family lot in St. Michael's Cemetery in Greensboro Bend.

In lieu of flowers contributions in her memory may be made to the Natalie Ann Michaud Trust Fund, c/o The Union Bank, P.O. Box 1280, Hardwick, VT 05843.

Arrangements are under the direction of Dian R. Holcomb of Northern Vermont Funeral Service, 60 Elm Street, Hardwick.