Claire
Arnelle (Brosseau) Williams, age 82, passed away at Life Care of
Sparta Nursing Facility in Tennessee on October 26, 2024, following a
long struggle with end-stage COPD.
She
was born on February 24, 1942, in Colchester, Vt., to George and
Bernadette (Kirby) Brosseau, the eldest of their seven children. She
graduated from Winooski High School in 1960 and soon after married
Robert Foster and had two daughters. She later married Ernest
Willams, with whom she had another daughter.
Claire
will be most remembered as a loving and dedicated wife, mother,
grandmother, daughter and sister. She was always a hard worker at her
various jobs as a secretary, and she capped off her working years as
a nurse’s aide at Fletcher Allen Health Care until she retired from
that position.
She
is survived by her daughters and their spouses/partners: Penny
(Foster) and Guy Marchessault, Cindy (Foster) and Randy Proulx, and
Sheri (Williams) Russell and James Latulippe; and five grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings,
Bob Brosseau and wife Debbie, Donald Brosseau and wife Paulette,
Aline Pelkey and Suzanne, and her husband, Sid Reynolds.
She
was predeceased by her husband, Ernie Williams: parents, George and
Bernadette Brosseau; a brother, Richard Brosseau; a sister, Annette
Minor; a brother-in-law, Tony Pelkey; and two infant children, Bobby
and Linda Foster.
Funeral
services will be held on Thursday, November 14, at 10 a.m., at
LaVigne Funeral and Cremation Services, 132 Main St., Winooski.
Burial will follow at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. To send
condolences to her family, please visit vtfuneralhomes.com.
This article appears in Nov 6-12, 2024.