Elida M. Giguere

WEST STEWARTSTOWN, NH —Mrs. Elida “Ida” M. Giguere, 95, of West Stewartstown passed away peacefully at her residence on Saturday evening, March 22, 2014, with members of her family by her side. She was born in Lawrence, Mass., on Dec. 21, 1918, a daughter to the late Arthur and Alice (Turcotte) Tanguay. She was raised in Lawrence and attended school there. On Feb. 7, 1942, she married Paul E. Giguere. After more than three years of military service and separation during World War II, the Gigueres bought a dairy farm in Lancaster, NH, and later purchased and settled on a farm in West Stewartstown. Better known as ‘Ida,’ she was a very caring and loving person who enjoyed laughing. Ida loved to cook, sew, and work in her garden. She especially enjoyed receiving people in her home and cooking large meals. She was a former member of the Daughters of Isabella and was a communicant at St. Albert’s Church in Stewartstown. She leaves behind two daughters, Regina Marquis and husband Fernand of Deerfield, NH, and Paulette Sicard and husband, Michael, of Newport Center, Vt.; her daughter-in-law with whom she lived, Beatrice Giguere, of West Stewartstown; a brother, Charles Tanguay of Nashua, NH; eleven grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. She is preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Paul, in 2009; her son Herve Giguere in 2010; a brother in World War II, Herve Tanguay; and two sisters, Bernadette Laliberte and Evelyn Bachelor. Visiting hours will be on Monday morning, March 31, 2014, from 9 – 10:30 a.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will immediately follow at 11 a.m. at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in West Stewartstown with The Reverend Craig Cheney as celebrant. A committal service and interment will be in the spring in St. Albert’s Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Giguere’s memory may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o Rosemary Mulliken at the First Colebrook Bank, 132 Main St., Colebrook, NH 03576. 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.

Elida M. Giguere

December 21, 1918 - March 22, 2014