LILLIAN MARIE QUENNEVILLE

LEICESTER — Lillian Marie (DeRepentigny), 92, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, peacefully at her home in Leicester, Vt.

Lillian was born in Whiting, Vt. She was the daughter of Ernest and Aurore (Aubin) DeRepentigny. She attended a one-room schoolhouse in Whiting for her early education and lived in Brandon as a nanny so she could attend and graduate from Brandon High School. After high school, she worked for Burt Baker’s store in Whiting. She married the love of her life, Jean Guy Quenneville on May 15, 1954. They bought their dairy farm in Leicester in 1957, where they farmed and raised their family for the next 33 years.

Lillian worked for 25 years as a bookkeeper for the Addison County Commission Sales in East Middlebury. She was a town auditor in Leicester for many years as well. In 1984, they purchased Lil’s Country Store in Whiting. She ran a successful business there for the next ten years. Upon retirement, they built their dream home in Leicester and would spend their winters in Sebastian, Fla., enjoying the sunshine. Lillian was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in Middlebury and was a Catholic Daughter there as well.

Lillian will be remembered for her devotion to her family, her youthful spirit, her deep Catholic faith, and her love of her animals. She found joy in the simple things: playing cards, watching birds, sewing, crocheting, cooking on holidays, and visiting with family and friends.

She is survived by her five children:, Rick Quenneville, Cloude Quenneville (Pat), Maurice Quenneville (Deb), Diane Randall (Greg), and Robert Quenneville (Lesley); and 14 grandchildren, Lisa, Jason, Josh, Matt, Karen, Jenelle, Scott, Travis, Cory, Cooper, Cody, Lyndsy, Courtney and Ryan. She also has 17 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, her parents, and her four brothers;, Romeo, Laurier, Real and Leo-Paul.

Her legacy is one of love, strength, prayer, and laughter — a life well lived, and a family well nurtured.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m., at Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Mary’s Church, Middlebury. Graveside committal services and interment will follow in St. Genevieve’s Cemetery, Shoreham.

Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made in her memory to: The Ashley Quenneville Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Lindsay Romano, 371 Birch Hill Road, Brandon, VT 05733.

Arrangements are by Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home, Brandon. ◊