Joanne Guilmette
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Joanne Hudson Guilmette, age 98, passed away on October 28, 2021 at Carlyle Place, Bedford, NH. She was born in St. Johnsbury, VT, graduated from Woodsville, NH High School and Concord Business College. She held several secretarial positions in that area, including Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, and the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association. She married her husband Carroll F. Guilmette in 1946 and they brought up their family in Manchester, NH. They retired in 1984 to Holiday Shores Park in Largo, FL.
Joanne was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Carroll Guilmette, her parents Edward and Grace Taylor Hudson, brothers Kendall Hudson and Robert E. Hudson and grandson Peter David Guilmette. She is survived by son David Guilmette and his wife Helen, son Barry Guilmette and his wife Joan, all of Manchester. Also survived by her grandson Jonathan Guilmette and his wife Samantha of Allenstown, granddaughter Kristina Guilmette Proulx and her husband Edward, grandson Brian Guilmette and his wife Kerrie-Anne all of Manchester. She is also survived by brother in laws Karl Guilmette and his wife Mary and Alan Guilmette, as well as great grandchildren, Brodyn, Quinn and Owen.
At her request, a private family memorial will be held in the spring, and the ashes of both Carroll and Joanne will be interred at the family plot in Lyndonville, VT. Her family wishes to thank the staff at Carlyle Place and VNA Hospice for their excellent care. In lieu of flowers, Joanne had asked that donations be made to NH Make a Wish Foundation, 814 Elm St. Manchester, NH 03101.