Jeannine Rouleau Boire

W. STEWARTSTOWN— Jeannine Rouleau Boire, 89, of Colebrook, passed away on Friday evening, Jan. 27, 2017, at the Coos County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown where she had been a resident for the past 3 years. She had been a resident of Colebrook for 54 years. Jeannine Marie Denyse Desautels was born on March 9, 1927, in LaPatrie, Quebec, a daughter to Emile and Alice (Paquette) Desautels. In her younger years, Jeannine had worked at the Stratford Plywood Mill, and she was later a cook at the Oblate Fathers’ Shrine in Columbia. She was a parishioner at St. Brendan’s Catholic Church in Colebrook and a member of the Catholic Women’s Club. She will be remembered as a loving wife and wonderful mother, and a friend to many who were all blessed to have her in their lives. Jeannine leaves behind her children, Micheline Lambert and husband Bruno of Bedford, NH, Peter Rouleau and wife Nancy of Columbia, Diane Walsh and husband Thomas of Manchester, Serge Rouleau and wife Diane of Port Orange, Fla., and Francoise Johnson and husband Scott of Newmarket, NH; numerous grandchildren, Bridget, Jason, Roxanne, Kim, Robert, Todd, Whitney, Marcus, Aimee, Christopher, April, Scott, Jennifer, Emily, and step-grandchildren, Laura, Ellie and David; 16 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews; and two brothers, Jean-Luc Desautels of Wallingford, Conn., and Marcel Desautels of Sherbrooke, Que. She also leaves behind her step-children, Jocelyn Boire and wife Iola of West Stewartstown, Germain Boire and wife Gaetane of Colebrook, Blandine Boire of Jefferson, Helen Phillips of Hampstead, NH, Norman Boire and wife Alicia of Colebrook, and Rita Gilbert and husband Michael of Colebrook. She is preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Rouleau, in 1995; her second husband, Herve Boire in 2004; three children, Jacques Rouleau as an infant, Judith Erbacher, and Denis Rouleau; and six siblings. There are no public calling hours. A memorial Mass and graveside committal will be held at St. Brendan’s Catholic Church later in the spring, of which notice will be given. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Boire may be made to Coos County Nursing Hospital, P.O. Box 10, W. Stewartstown, NH 03597. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Jeannine Rouleau Boire

March 9, 1927 - January 27, 2017