Denise M. Pariseau

WEST STEWARTSTOWN — Denise M. Pariseau, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 28, 2017, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown after a long period of declining health. She was born in Canaan, Vt., on Oct. 31, 1926, a daughter to the late Wilfrid and Rosalie (Chicoine) Laperle. A life-long resident of Canaan, Denise was active in the Canaan Women’s Club and was a lifetime and charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Post 47. She was a communicant at St. Albert’s Catholic Church. Denise was very talented at many different hand crafts, and she loved to sew, knit, crochet, and work on upholstery. She will be remembered by all her family and friends as a very good cook who loved to make things for others. She is survived by three children, Robert Pariseau and wife Edith of Columbia, Philip Pariseau and wife Karen of West Stewartstown, and Louise Fuller and husband Curt of Chicago, Ill.; seven grandchildren, Shelly, Dana, Bob, Brian, Denise, Kaitlyn, and Meagan; and seven great-grandchildren, Coleman, Jessica, Alyvia, Bearet, Alyson, Grant, and Gus. Denise is predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Ted Pariseau in 1994; a son, David Pariseau in 1995; four brothers, Jack, Laurent, Conrad, and Louis ‘Aime’ Laperle; and two sisters Claire Fauteux and Pauline Rancourt. Calling hours will be on Friday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held the next morning, Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in West Stewartstown with The Rev. Craig Cheney as celebrant. Interment will immediately follow at St. Albert’s Cemetery in West Stewartstown. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Pariseau may be made to the Beecher Falls Volunteer Fire & Rescue, c/o S. Young, P.O. Box 326, Beecher Falls, VT 05902; or to the CCNH Residents’ Activity Fund, P.O. Box 10, W. Stewartstown, NH 03597. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Denise M. Pariseau

October 31, 1926 - October 28, 2017