LACONIA - Mrs. Louise Evelyn (DuPont) Hildreth, 85, passed peacefully into her next life on January 22, surrounded by family and the wonderful staff at St. Francis Home in Laconia.
She was born in Laconia on November 14, 1931, the daughter of Allison and Lillian (Allard) DuPont. She was raised in Laconia, one of eleven children, just a few hundred yards from her last residence at St. Francis Home. Louise was a life-long communicant of Saint Andre Bessette Parish and her faith was a central part of her life. After attending St. Josephs School at Sacred Heart Church, she graduated from Laconia High School, where she met Charlie Hildreth, the love of her life, in an English class.
After a two year courtship, they were married on September 16, 1950 and remained in love throughout their 66 years of marriage.
Louise was a wonderful, caring and devoted mother to their seven children.
After Charlie's retirement in 1989, they enjoyed decades of winters in Florida, lots of travel, visiting family and friends and seeing the country.
She is survived by her best friend and husband, Charles W. Hildreth, Sr., four sons, Peter C. Hildreth and his wife, Holly of De Soto, Kansas, Jon A. Hildreth and his wife, Tracy, of Laconia, James P. Hildreth and his wife, Susan of Gilford, and Charles W. Hildreth, Jr. and his wife, Donna, also of Gilford, three daughters, Nancy L. Moore of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Diane M. Howe and her husband, Brian, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and Susan L. Hildreth-Bruno and her husband, Daniel, of Avon, Colorado. Charlie and Louise were also blessed with 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Louise is also survived by her brothers, Robert DuPont, Richard DuPont and his wife, Diane, and Paul DuPont and his wife, Jean, and her sisters, Rita Laflamme, Lorraine Daigle, Irene Simoneau, Patricia McNamara and her husband, Thomas, and Elizabeth Gauthier and her husband, Allan.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Donald DuPont, and a sister, Jeannette Lawton, as well as brothers-in-law, Romeo Pelchat, Norman Janelle, Archelas Simoneau, Raymond Daigle, Albert Laflamme, and Roland Hildreth, sisters-in-law, Barbara DuPont and Gwen Pelchat.
Calling hours will be held from 4PM to 7PM on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia using the Carriage house entrance.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 St. Andre Bessette Parish - Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia.
Burial will be held in the spring in the family plot at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield St., Laconia.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Louise's memory to the St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center-Recreation Fund, 406 Court St Laconia, NH 03246
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements.