Helen Margaret Duso

F, #6776, b. Dec 3, 1925, d. Nov 2, 2008
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
Father*Henry Fred Duso b. Aug 27, 1883, d. Apr 21, 1974
Mother*Linnie Lena Mary Benoit b. Mar 15, 1883, d. Jul 1, 1967

Family 1

Nathan Mason LaFountain b. Aug 12, 1920, d. Sep 23, 2003
Children

Family 2

George Gilbert Rainault Jr. b. Feb 24, 1923, d. Feb 13, 1993

Chronological Events

Birth*Dec 3, 1925 Helen Margaret Duso was born on Dec 3, 1925 at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
 She was the daughter of Henry Fred Duso and Linnie Lena Mary Benoit. 
Marriage*Aug 27, 1942 Helen Margaret Duso married Nathan Mason LaFountain, son of Clifton Clovis LaFountain and Blanche M. Mason, on Aug 27, 1942 at Montgomery, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.2 
Marriage*after 1955 Helen Margaret Duso married George Gilbert Rainault Jr., son of George Gilbert Raineault Sr. and Katherine Holsinger, after 1955.3 
Death*Nov 2, 2008 Helen Margaret Duso died on Nov 2, 2008, at age 82 at Green Mountain Nursing Home, Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.4 
ObituaryNov 3, 2008  OBITUARY: ENOSBURG FALLS - Helen M. Rainault, age 82, passed away Sunday morning, Nov. 2, 2008, at the Green Mountain Nursing Home in Colchester.

She was born Dec. 3, 1925, in Enosburgh, the daughter of the late Henry and Linnie (Benoit) Duso.

Helen had been a resident of Green Mountain Nursing Home since February of 2008. She was a former resident East Hartford, Conn., where she had been employed at Pratt & Whitney, retiring in 1975. Following her retirement she moved back to Vermont, living in Richmond and Williston. She also spent many summers fishing at her camp on Lake Carmi in Franklin as well as at her brother's camp at Lake Winnipesauke in New Hampshire. She enjoyed working as a volunteer for the United Way RSVP Program. She also enjoyed taking rides, especially in the fall.

She is survived by one son, Gene LaFountain and his wife, Jackie, of St. Albans; three daughters, Joyce Combs of Williston, Norma Amsden and her husband, Mark, and Dorothy Madore and her husband, Thomas, all of Lady Lake, Fla; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Jack Duso of Chatham, N.Y; a sister, Pearl Sterling and her husband, Wayne, of Kenner, La; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, Helen was predeceased by her husband, George G. Rainault; a son, Robert LaFountain; three brothers, Carmi, Earl and Walter Duso; and two sisters, Mary Holtzclaw, and Eula Emerson.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at 11 a.m. at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls. Interment will follow in St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Enosburg Falls.

Visiting hours will be held Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Spears Funeral Home in Enosburg Falls.

For those who wish, contributions in Helen's memory may be made to Vermont Cancer Research Center, Given E213, 89 Beaumont Ave., Burlington, Vt. 05405.

Condolences may be sent to Helen's family on-line through: www.spearsfuneralhome.com.

Published in the St. Albans Messenger (VT) - Monday, November 3, 2008.5
 
Burial*Nov 6, 2008 She was buried on Nov 6, 2008 at Saint John the Baptist Cemetery (New), Enosburg Falls, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 211059275.6 

Citations

  1. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  4. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  5. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  6. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.