Laconia-----Janet C. Wescott, 85, of 426 Elm Street, Lakeport, died at the Laconia Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, October 8, 2011. She was the widow of Gerald N. Wescott who died January 21, 2011.
Janet was born April 23, 1926 in Lakeport, N. H., the daughter of Eusebo J. and Aldea C. (Dubois) Morin.
Janet was a lifelong resident of Laconia and graduated from Laconia High School. She worked on the M/S Mount Washington for twenty-five years before retiring in 1999.
Janet was a communicant of Our Lady of the Lakes Church, Lakeport.
Survivors include a son, Thomas W. Wescott, and his wife, Linda, of Laconia; a daughter, Diane DeWolfe, and her husband, Jay, of Dorchester; two grandchildren, Brandon DeWolfe and his wife, Tessa, of Spring, Texas and Adriane von Bonsdorf and her husband, Kristoffer, of Hollywood Hills, California; two step grandchildren, Nicole Tessier of Manchester and Michael Tessier of Laconia; one great grandson, Grayson DeWolfe, and many nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by three brothers, Ronald Morin, Leo Lambert and Maurice Morin and by four sisters, Evelyn Martin, Laurie St. Lawrence, Simone Carrigan, and Aurora Aube.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2011 from 6:00-8:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, October 14, 2011 at 11:00AM at Saint Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to one’s own favorite charity.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.