MAUREEN BURTON KANE

MIDDLEBURY — Maureen Burton Kane passed away Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at home in Middlebury surrounded by family and caregivers from Addison County Home Health and Hospice.

Being a family of Catholic faith was always number one in Maureen’s life. With God’s “help” she always made the “Impossible” — Possible.

She was born on Jan. 23, 1939, in Ottawa, Canada, to her parents, the late Rose Alma (Lacourt) Burton and Arthur Henry Burton.

Maureen grew up on 182 McGilvary Street, located next to a historic landmark — the Rideau Canal. The canal flowed down to the center of the city in Ottawa, the capital of Canada and home of the R.C.M.P. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).

Maureen enjoyed every minute of being a kid, skating and cross country skiing on the Rideau Canal with family and friends. In summer time the family always vacationed on a lake close by. Her cousins Carly, Paul, Irene and Judy were great companions swimming at Brentwood Beach.

Maureen enjoyed the competition in being the best in hopscotch. One year, she was the winner of a city-wide hopscotch contest. Maureen’s only childhood mishap was a broken arm. She fell off of the tin roof of an old shed while playing games with her brother Richard.

In school reading was always her favorite thing to do. She excelled in all subjects, graduated from Immaculata High School and won a two-year scholarship.

Maureen loved to downhill ski. She was a member of the Montreal Ski Club. She was working at the Montreal General Jewish Hospital as a Medical Technologist.

It was January and the ski club journeyed to Stowe, Vt., where Maureen met Frank from Unionville, Conn.

Three dates later they planned to marry the following April. That day in Stowe, neither Frank nor Maureen took a fall — however bother were falling in love.

In 1972, raising a family with children, they decided to move to Middlebury — half way between Connecticut and Ottawa.

Maureen was an early super-mom, working nights three days a week, finding time for school events, volunteer work, making a family activity for whatever was in season — including biking, hiking, skiing or vacation.

They added another family member in 1977: Maria Susan Kane from South Korea.

That summer of 1977  included a six-week camping trip across the U.S.A.: Niagara Falls, the Badlands of South Dakota, Salt Lake, Malibu Beach, San Diego and a lifetime of memories. Don’t forget Sea World with Orca whales!

Maureen was predeceased by her daughter Maria Susanne Kane. She is survived by her husband Francis Thomas Kane; daughter Patricia and her husband Jeff Kelley and their kids Connor, Megan and Sara; son  Michael Francis Kane and his wife Jennifer Mooney and their kids Keeley and Althea; son Christopher Burton Kane and his wife Heather and their kids Lily, Chloe and Keegan; Brian Thomas Kane and his wife Julie Davies Kane; son in-law Robert Davinson and his and Maria’s kids Alina, Amanda and Aiden; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m. Calling hours will be held at Sanderson Funeral Home on Wednesday, Dec. 20, from 4-7 p.m.

Send online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com. ◊