To Gramom ... Thank you for your constant support and love. You are the sweetest woman I have ever known. My life was blessed to have you in it. Love always.
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| The Lague Family Jean and Raymond with Lynn, Nancy, Robert and Joan |
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| Jean and Raymond Lague |
Mom's Gentle Demeanor
by Lynn Graham
Mom was always caring for something or someone.
She had a certain Grace about her that would show through as a true love and tenderness, an honest caring for all of the people she cared for throughout her years.
She always had extra room in her heart for the elderly residents she took under her "wings." As a teenager living in So. Burlington, Vt. I can remember countless times when she would bring home mending,add missing buttons, work on removing stains from clothing,sometimes even buying socks or undergarments to replace wornout ones, all from her own pocket so they could always look nice because their families didn't want to bother because "no-one was going to see them anyway."
She always went the extra mile,arriving early and staying a little late, because it was the right thing to do. She always had time for me and my family, helping us out in any way that we might need it.
When she retired,there were many,many times that I would come home from work to find the dishes done and my kitchen sparkling because "she knew I would be tired" and she didn't want me "to overdo"! .... wait a minute ... you are the one who should be relaxing, isn't that called retirement?
Well, I knew She wanted to help ... always giving of herself, always ... That was my Mom.
My stories about her courage, her strength, her love, and her Faith are endless really and I know that she has earned her angel wings countless times over and now she is at Peace.
January 2011
Jean L. Lague, age 82, passed away January 14, 2011 at Mary’s Haven, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Born on March 10, 1928 in Barre, Vermont, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Aurore (Lalande) Laviolette.
Jean graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Newport, VT and the Bishop DeGosbriand Nursing School in Burlington, VT. She married Raymond J.Lague on October 25, 1952 and they resided in Derby, Vt. She was Charge Nurse at North Country Hospital in Newport, Vermont from 1958-1971 until her husband predeceased her on April 16, 1971. She moved to Burlington, Vt. where she continued as Charge Nurse at the Green Mountain Nursing Home. In 1980 she moved to Derby, Vt. to care for her father while being a Full Case Nurse for Home Health until his passing in 1987. She then moved to Saratoga Springs where she worked at the hospital as a Surgical Nurse and then the Glens Falls hospital as Charge Nurse. Later, she was Charge Nurse at 3 different nursing homes in the Glens Falls area.
In addition to being a devoted and dedicated RN, Jean enjoyed oil painting, sewing and her trips to Florida. She volunteered at the Moreau Community Center and helped deliver Meals-on-Wheels.
Besides her parents and husband, Jean was also predeceased by her brothers Roland and Fernand, and her sisters Hermine Fitzgerald, Alice Lorenz and Mary Lovely. Survivors include her four children; Joan Allyn Collins, Nancy White and her husband Bill of Florida, Robert Lague and his wife Christian of Georgia and Lynn Graham and her husband Jim of So. Glens Falls; her 11 grandchildren, Casey and Mikki, Christopher, Halsey and Kimberly, Lynn and Robert, Derek, Corey, Emily and Nicolas; several great-grandchildren; her sister, Rita Cook of CT; her brother, Roger Laviolette of Alaska and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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