Blanche C. (Gosselin) Hamanne, 93, of Randolph, NH passed away on Wednesday February 4, 2015 at the Hanover Hill Health Care Center in Manchester, NH. She was born in Berlin on September 1, 1921 the daughter of Joseph and Clara (Lafleur) Gosselin. She moved to Florida in 1981 and returned to the area in 2009. Blanche graduated from Berlin High School in 1940 and received her certificate as an LNA. She was employed by North Country Florist and The Inn @ Bowman. She was the past President of the Berlin Professionals Women, a former Girl Scout leader, a volunteer at Sanford,FL hospital, President of Orange City Extension Services, held office with Salvation Army Volunteers, was a member of the Red Hat Society of Orange County, FL and enjoyed quilting, sewing, baking and ironing.
Family includes her children Solange Mears of Athens, GA, Francine Hamanne of Orange Ctiy, FL, Clarice Girouard and husband Robert of Manchester, NH, Jerry Hamanne and partner Rich Wallingford of Randolph, NH and Leo Hamanne and wife Brenda of Hollis, NH; grandchildren: Brian Mears, Heather Mears, Derek Mears, Brad Huot, Carl Huot, John Girouard, Michael Girouard, Tiffany Hamanne Dustin and Joshua Hamanne; 16 great-grandchildren: Dale + Jenna Mears, Wesley Seefried + Cassidy Mears, Charlotte, Owen and Wyatt Mears, Tyler + Haleigh Huot, Sebastian + Riley Huot, Ethan + Ainsley Girouard, Lucy, Willow + Hope Girouard, Oliver + Maxwell Dustin; brother Robert Gosselin and wife Ann of Deltona, FL; sisters Marie Dion of Fort Pierce, FL and Jeanne Fortier of Windermere, FL; special extended family Pete Larin + wife Janine of Berlin, nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband George E. Hamanne (deceased 1997) and sisters Gertrude Gosselin and Olive Vaillancourt and grandson Richie Huot.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday February 14, 2015 at 10 AM at Holy Family Church in Gorham. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 1 Promenade St., Gorham on Friday evening from 7 to 9 PM and from 8:30-9:30 AM Saturday morning, prior to the Mass. Interment will be in the Holy Family Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to the Girl Scouts of Green and White Mtns,For Sunset Valley, PO Box 10832, Bedford, NH, 03110.
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