Avis de décès de Katherine-M. Barnes - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

KATHERINE M. VIENS BURLINGTON — Katherine M. Viens, 75, of Burlington, died unexpectedly Saturday, April 2, 2005, in the Fletcher Allen Health Care. She was born in Elizabethtown, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1929, the daughter of the late Moses and Bessie (Shappy) Barnes. Katherine had been employed as a cook with many area restaurants, retiring in 1991. She was a member of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral and belonged to the Eagles Club and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Katherine's first love was her eight children. She always put them first. Her joys in life were cooking, collecting cookbooks and trying new recipes. She also loved and cherished all her knickknacks which were mostly of cats, and watching John Wayne movies. Katherine was the beloved mother of eight children. She is survived by Henry Parker and his soul mate, Patricia Fall, of Bedford, N.H., Katherine Patnaude and her husband, Paul, of Baltimore, Md., Janet Viens and her companion, James Ritchie, of Colchester, Jean Tourangeau and her companion, Donald Harris, of Burlington, and Theresa Gonyea and her husband, Joseph, of Highgate Center; nine grand- children and three greatgrandchildren; one sister, Alice Boivin of Burlington; several nieces and nephews; and two special people, Karen Whitten and Elizabeth Parker. She was predeceased by three sons, John, Julius and Albert; one brother, Lawrence Parker; and her husband, Robert Viens. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, April 7, at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph Co-Cathedral. Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Heart Association Vermont Affiliate, 434 Hurricane Lane, Williston, Vt. 05495. Visiting hours will be held Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Ready Funeral and Cremation Service, South Chapel, 261 Shelburne Road.