BLANCHE ISABEL QUESNEL

WHITING — Blanche Isabel Quesnel, age 88, passed peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at Shard Villa in Salisbury. Blanche was born in Barre, Vt., on June 15, 1936. She was the daughter of Frank and Hazel (Williams) Bailey. She grew up in Williamstown, Vt. and attended Williamstown High School, graduating with the class of 1955. She afterwards attended Castleton Teachers College and then went on to study at the Fanny Allen School of Nursing, where she graduated with her LPN degree in 1959.

She worked at the Pomainville Nursing Home in Fair Haven. On August 20, 1960, she was married to Roger Leo Quesnel in Middlebury. Together they operated their family dairy farm in Whiting. She also operated a knitting machine business, teaching for 12 years. She loved to go camping, snowmobiling, and traveling. She was also a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury.

Surviving are four sons, Charles R. Quesnel and wife Linda of Whiting, Daniel D. Quesnel of Bennington, Vt., Michael F. Quesnel of Whiting, and Lawrence L. Quesnel of Shoreham; two sisters, Dorothy Bromley of Sebastian, Fla., and Edith Glidden of Wolfeboro, N.H.; five grandchildren, Dillon Quesnel and wife Tiffany, Derek Quesnel and partner Shannon Brown, Austin Quesnel, Colton Quesnel and partner Kenzie, and Trysten Quesnel; five great-grandchildren, Samuel Scholar, Patrick Scholar, Brenna Quesnel, Hunter Quesnel and Elizabeth Quesnel; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Roger, on April 14, 2024; three brothers, Richard Bailey, Burton Bailey and David Bailey, and her sister Marion Christian.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m., at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury. Rev. Brandon C. Schneider, pastor, will be the celebrant. The graveside committal service and burial will follow the Mass. at St. Genevieve Cemetery in Shoreham.

Friends may call at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon on Friday, Sept. 6, from 5-7 p.m.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made in her memory to the Whiting Fire Department, to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury, or to Shard Villa in Salisbury.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.

Following the committal service the family will receive friends back in the church hall, for a time of remembrance. ◊