Lorraine (Gosselin) Letourneau, 81, died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at
the Concord Hospice House, after a brief illness.
She was born April 14, 1930, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., the daughter
of the late George A. and Albertine (Robitaille) Gosselin.
Mrs. Letourneau graduated from Mt. St. Joseph Academy and St.
Johnsbury Academy. She worked in distribution and advertising
for Caledonian Record and as secretary to the headmaster at St.
Johnsbury Academy. In 1952, she moved to Agawam, Mass., and
later to Springfield, Mass., where she was employed at Mass. Mutual Insurance Co.
She got married in 1954 and moved to Manchester and opened
MIC dept. office for General Motors. She worked in membership
and insurance for AAA, Manchester. In 1974, was employed by
Stewart Nelson Co. in Concord, the Cyr Rogers agency in
Allenstown and the Insurance Exchange in Manchester, until
retiring in 1995.She also enjoyed working at the Hooksett Polls.
Mrs. Letourneau was a previous member of Business and
Professional Women Association in Vermont; charter member of
Insurance Women of Central New Hampshire; member of AOA,
Concord; YMCA and was in the senior line dancing group and a
parishioner of Holy Rosary Church in Hooksett.
Family members includes her husband of 57 years, Andrew
(Andy) Letourneau of Hooksett; one daughter, Lisa Towne and
her husband, Darren, and their son, Robert Albee, of Hooksett;
two brothers, Robert Gosselin and Michael and Sandra Gosselin,
all from Springfield, Mass.; brother-in-law, Frank Loya of Concord, N.C., and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her sister, Claire Loya; and a sister-in-law, Marie Gosselin.
A memorial gathering will be held Sunday, July 10 from 5 to 8
p.m. and Monday, July 11 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Phaneuf
Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 243 Hanover St., corner of Union Street.
A memorial service will be held Monday, July 11 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel.
Burial will follow at Holy Rosary Cemetery in Hooksett.
Memorial donations may be made to Concord Regional Visiting
Nurse Association at Concord Hospice House, 280 Pleasant St., Concord, 03301.
Published in The Concord Monitor on July 8, 2011
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