Simonne T. Gentes

She was born in Hooksett, NH on April 22, 1928, the daughter of Heliodore and Caroline (Archambault) Tremblay. She was educated in the local school system and also attended two years of high school in St. Laurent, Canada.

Prior to retirement, she had been employed by Manchester's City Clerk Office. She had also worked in the payroll department of Bee Bee Shoes

She was a member of both the state and local chapters of the Catholic War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary, the Dames de St. Anne, and had volunteered much of her time to helping her community. She and her husband had volunteered for over 25 years at the VA Medical Center. She was an active communicant of the former St. George Church and helped run many of their fundraising events.

Simonne was predeceased by her husband of 60 years Roger A. Gentes on March 29th of this year. She was also predeceased by her sister Lucienne Cote of Manchester in 2000.

Family members include two daughters and their husbands, Susan Ramos and her husband Donald of Auburn, NH, Janet Chase and her husband Kenneth of Goffstown; two grandsons, Leonard Faucher Jr. of Stamford, CT and Richard Anderson of Marietta, GA; nephews, nieces, and cousins.

A funeral liturgy of the Word was celebrated on Thursday, April 9, 2009 in St. Marie Church with the Rev. George Desjardins officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 474 Goffstown Rd.

Memorial donations may be made in her memory to the Recreation Department at the VA Medical Center, 718 Smyth Rd., Manchester, NH 03104.