Dolores Gonthier

Dolores E. Gonthier

1932 - 2015

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Dolores E. Gonthier of Clackamas, OR, formally of Wallingford, CT, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the age of 83. Dolores was born June 26, 1932 to Howard R. Marshall and Ethel Ann Wigh in Meriden, CT. Her grandparents, John and Teresa Wigh, also played a very significant role in her life. Dolores graduated from Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford and St. Francis School of Nursing in Hartford, CT. She maintained lifelong friendships with a number of her St. Francis classmates. Dolores was a registered nurse for almost 40 years in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Oregon. She retired from Providence Milwaukie Hospital (Dwyer Hospital) in Milwaukie, Oregon in 1990. Dolores was a loving mother to Diane, Donna, John and Donald and grandmother to Brian. Family was always first. Dolores is survived by her children, Diane Gonthier, Donna Weare , and John Gonthier. She was predeceased by her beloved son, Donald, in 2009, and by her brother Frederick Marshall in 2003. Dolores is also survived by her grandson, Brian Weare, and son-in-law, Michael Weare; brother and sister-in-law, Howard R. and Ensey Marshall of Wallingford; cousins, Gail Kearney of Columbia, Maryland, Barbara Comstock of Wallingford, John Sandusky of Meriden, and Ruth Poppe of East Falmouth, MA; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her former husband, Joseph B. Gonthier, of Clackamas and his extended family in Connecticut. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM at the Most Holy Trinity Church, 84 North Colony Street, in Wallingford, CT. Interment will follow at St. John's Cemetery in Wallingford. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to nursing student scholarships at Alumni Nursing Scholarships, c/o St. Francis Foundation, 95 Woodland St, Hartford, CT 06105 (www.saintfrancisdonor.com) or to the Oregon Food Bank, 7900 NE 33rd Drive, Portland, OR 97211 (www.oregonfoodbank.org).
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Mass

JUL 8. 10:00 AM Most Holy Trinity Church 84 North Colony Road Wallingford, US, 6492

Interment

St. John's Cemetery Christian St. & East Main St. Wallingford, CT, 06492 http://www.archdioceseofhartford.org/ministries/cemeteries.htm