Tricia A. McGuire

July 30, 1970 - February 24, 2015

BLOOMFIELD — Tricia McGuire, 44, of Bloomfield, Vt., passed away at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2015, surrounded by her loving family after a brave battle with colon cancer. Before her passing she was able to spend time with her family and friends to say the final goodbyes. Tricia was born in Springfield, Mass., on July 30, 1970, to Anne (Corriveau) Mazza and Richard Garner who have both predeceased her. She lived in Enfield, Conn., for most of her life, but spent a year in Leesburg, Va., and as of Nov. 2003, had made her home in Bloomfield, Vt. She was a graduate of Enfield High School and attended Branford Hall Career Institute where she studied to be a Medical Assistant. While living in Vermont, she worked at Indian Stream Health Center in Colebrook, NH. Prior to ISHC, Tricia worked as a daycare provider at Building Blocks of Windsor in Windsor, Conn. for many years. Tricia was a wonderful, caring person with a big heart. She had a great personality and a smile that could light up a room. She was loved by all who knew her. She loved the outdoors, especially in the winter months when she could go snowmobiling in Vermont. She loved to garden, cook, and snuggle up with a good book to read. She loved her TV shows like “Criminal Minds” and “Bones,” along with cooking shows. She married her soul mate and the love of her life, Christopher McGuire, on Nov. 8, 1997. They built a life together filled with love and happiness that created a wonderful little boy named Charlie who was born on Dec. 27, 2004. Tricia enjoyed every minute of being a wife and mother, and it showed by the way she loved Chris and Charlie. She treasured every minute she spent with both of them. She also loved her animals, Tigger & Ruby (her dogs), and a stray cat she took in and named Jack. Her family would like to thank the entire staff at Indian Stream Health Clinic and the staff at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, both in Colebrook, NH, as well as the staff at Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster, NH, and the staff at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, for their warm and compassionate care they gave Tricia during her ordeal and final days on earth. In addition to her husband Chris and son Charlie of Bloomfield, Vt., she also leaves behind two brothers, Eric and Rick Garner, and a niece Corenna Garner all of Enfield, Conn.; her loving in-laws, Raymond & Dorothy McGuire, who have been a blessing to Tricia, loving her and treating her as if she was their own daughter; and two brothers-in-law, Tony & Paul, all of Enfield; many aunts, uncles and cousins from both sides of her family, as well as many loyal and true friends from Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire who are all going to miss her deeply. Tricia also leaves behind Mary Green (Mickie) of Feeding Hills, Mass., who was not only Tricia’s cousin, but her best friend. Tricia always said they should have been “sisters and not cousins.” Calling hours will be on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, from Noon to 3 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH. Private services will occur at a later date in Connecticut. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Tricia may be made to the Northwoods Home Health & Hospice, 120 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.