Imelda A. Gosselin

WEST STEWARTSTOWN – Imelda A. Gosselin, 97, of Colebrook, died at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. She was born in Ste. Herménègilde, Que., on Dec. 2, 1923, a daughter to the late Joseph and Dezilda (Grenier) Tremblay. Imelda was raised on the family farm in Ste. Herménègilde. In those early days, she attended school in the warm months by horse and buggy and by dogsled in the winter. After emigrating to the U.S., Imelda worked for a time at Ethan Allen, but she will be remembered by many as a cook for many years in the Canaan schools. She also worked with the Oblate fathers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace in Columbia as cook and housekeeper. She loved to knit and sew, and was a very talented seamstress who could make her own patterns. She loved to play cards, especially the game 500, and she hated to lose. Imelda’s faith was very important to her. She was a faithful communicant at the Assumption Church in Canaan prior to its closing and later at St. Brendan’s in Colebrook. Members of her surviving family include her five children, Armande (Paul) Donovan of North Stratford, Diane (George) Goulet of North Stratford, Louise Dagesse of Colebrook, Jean-Luc Charest (Julie) of W. Stewartstown and Bernard Charest (Nicole) of Canaan; a brother, Raymond Tremblay of Berlin; a sister-in-law, Gisele Charest; 15 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Imelda is predeceased by her first husband of 40 years, Armand Charest; her second husband of 16 years, Arthur Gosselin; nine siblings, Armand Tremblay, Helen Neron, Aime Tremblay, Adjutor Tremblay, Marie-Jeanne Gosselin, Marie-Lord Belanger, Joseph Tremblay, Gerard Tremblay, Louis Tremblay, and Aline Tardif; and a son-in-law, Larry Dagesse. There will be no public calling hours. Services and an interment service in St. Brendan’s Cemetery will be scheduled at a later date in the spring of 2021, of which notice will be given. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Gosselin may be made to the CCNH Residents’ Activity Fund, c/o 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 entrusted to the care of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Imelda A. Gosselin

December 2, 1923 - December 5, 2020