Mary Ellen (Picard) Hooper, 84, of Avon and Farmington, peacefully passed on August 18, 2019.
Born in Williston, Vermont, on August 2, 1935, to the late Bertrand and Yvonne Picard, she spent her youth in Jericho, Vermont.
Mary attended Jericho public schools and was a 1953 Graduate of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont.
She began her career in Nursing after graduating Mount Saint Mary College in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
Her professional calling brought her many meaningful employment relationships in the Farmington Valley area including Bolleswood Convalescent Home, The American Red Cross and Hartford Hospital.
She was a long time member of the Avon Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, the Garden Club of Avon and a volunteer at the Gildo Consolini Post 3272, VFW.
Mary was an avid knitter, quilter, artist and talented crafter.
She was predeceased by her husband of over 50 years William Robert who passed on October 6, 2008.
Mary is survived by her children and their spouses, William Hooper and Stacia Bill of Avon, Elizabeth and Steven Drzymalski of Florida, John and Wendy Hooper of Pennsylvania and Jennifer and Jay Olmstead of South Carolina. She also leaves her grandsons Bobby, Ryan and Joe Hooper; sister and brother in-law Dianne and Donald Fay; and brother and sister-in-law Norman and Bonny Picard.
Family and friends will gather at the Church of St. Ann, Avon.
Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery.
Published in The Hartford Courant from Aug. 20 to Aug. 21, 2019.
Born in Williston, Vermont, on August 2, 1935, to the late Bertrand and Yvonne Picard, she spent her youth in Jericho, Vermont.
Mary attended Jericho public schools and was a 1953 Graduate of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont.
She began her career in Nursing after graduating Mount Saint Mary College in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
Her professional calling brought her many meaningful employment relationships in the Farmington Valley area including Bolleswood Convalescent Home, The American Red Cross and Hartford Hospital.
She was a long time member of the Avon Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, the Garden Club of Avon and a volunteer at the Gildo Consolini Post 3272, VFW.
Mary was an avid knitter, quilter, artist and talented crafter.
She was predeceased by her husband of over 50 years William Robert who passed on October 6, 2008.
Mary is survived by her children and their spouses, William Hooper and Stacia Bill of Avon, Elizabeth and Steven Drzymalski of Florida, John and Wendy Hooper of Pennsylvania and Jennifer and Jay Olmstead of South Carolina. She also leaves her grandsons Bobby, Ryan and Joe Hooper; sister and brother in-law Dianne and Donald Fay; and brother and sister-in-law Norman and Bonny Picard.
Family and friends will gather at the Church of St. Ann, Avon.
Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery.
Published in The Hartford Courant from Aug. 20 to Aug. 21, 2019.
Mary Ellen (Picard) Hooper, 84, of Avon and Farmington, peacefully passed on August 18, 2019.
Born in Williston, Vermont, on August 2, 1935, to the late Bertrand and Yvonne Picard, she spent her youth in Jericho, Vermont.
Mary attended Jericho public schools and was a 1953 Graduate of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont.
She began her career in Nursing after graduating Mount Saint Mary College in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
Her professional calling brought her many meaningful employment relationships in the Farmington Valley area including Bolleswood Convalescent Home, The American Red Cross and Hartford Hospital.
She was a long time member of the Avon Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, the Garden Club of Avon and a volunteer at the Gildo Consolini Post 3272, VFW.
Mary was an avid knitter, quilter, artist and talented crafter.
She was predeceased by her husband of over 50 years William Robert who passed on October 6, 2008.
Mary is survived by her children and their spouses, William Hooper and Stacia Bill of Avon, Elizabeth and Steven Drzymalski of Florida, John and Wendy Hooper of Pennsylvania and Jennifer and Jay Olmstead of South Carolina. She also leaves her grandsons Bobby, Ryan and Joe Hooper; sister and brother in-law Dianne and Donald Fay; and brother and sister-in-law Norman and Bonny Picard.
Family and friends will gather at the Church of St. Ann, Avon.
Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery.
Published in The Hartford Courant from Aug. 20 to Aug. 21, 2019.
Born in Williston, Vermont, on August 2, 1935, to the late Bertrand and Yvonne Picard, she spent her youth in Jericho, Vermont.
Mary attended Jericho public schools and was a 1953 Graduate of Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont.
She began her career in Nursing after graduating Mount Saint Mary College in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
Her professional calling brought her many meaningful employment relationships in the Farmington Valley area including Bolleswood Convalescent Home, The American Red Cross and Hartford Hospital.
She was a long time member of the Avon Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, the Garden Club of Avon and a volunteer at the Gildo Consolini Post 3272, VFW.
Mary was an avid knitter, quilter, artist and talented crafter.
She was predeceased by her husband of over 50 years William Robert who passed on October 6, 2008.
Mary is survived by her children and their spouses, William Hooper and Stacia Bill of Avon, Elizabeth and Steven Drzymalski of Florida, John and Wendy Hooper of Pennsylvania and Jennifer and Jay Olmstead of South Carolina. She also leaves her grandsons Bobby, Ryan and Joe Hooper; sister and brother in-law Dianne and Donald Fay; and brother and sister-in-law Norman and Bonny Picard.
Family and friends will gather at the Church of St. Ann, Avon.
Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery.
Published in The Hartford Courant from Aug. 20 to Aug. 21, 2019.
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