Blanche Isabel (Bailey) Quesnel

Whiting

Blanche Isabel Quesnel, age 88, passed peacefully on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at Shard Villa in Salisbury.  Blanche was born in Barre, VT on June 15, 1936.  She was the daughter of Frank and Hazel (Williams) Bailey.  She grew up in Williamstown, VT and attended Williamstown High School, graduating with the class of 1955. She afterwards attended Castleton Teachers College and then went on to study at the Fanny Allen School of Nursing where she graduated with her LPN degree in 1959. She had worked at the Pomainville Nursing Home in Fair Haven.  On August 20, 1960, she was married to Roger Leo Quesnel in Middlebury. Together they operated their family dairy farm in Whiting. She also operated a knitting machine business teaching for 12 years. She loved to go camping, snowmobiling, and traveling. She was also a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury.

Surviving are  4 sons; Charles R. Quesnel and wife Linda of Whiting, Daniel D. Quesnel of Bennington, VT, Michael F. Quesnel of Whiting, and Lawrence L. Quesnel of Shoreham,2 sisters, Dorothy Bromley of Sebastain, FL and Edith Glidden of Wolfsboro, NH, 5 grandchildren, Dillon Quesnel and wife Tiffany, Derek Quesnel and partner Shannon Brown, Austin Quesnel, Colton Quesnel and partner Kenzie, Trysten Quesnel, 5 great grandchildren, Samuel Scholar, Patrick Scholar, Brenna Quesnel, Hunter Quesnel and Elizabeth Quesnel and several nieces, nephews & cousins also survive her. She was predeceased by her husband Roger on April 14, 2024, 3 brothers; Richard Bailey, Burton Bailey, David Bailey and her sister Marion Christian.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept.7, 2024 at 10 AM, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury. Rev. Brandon C. Schneider, pastor will be the celebrant. The graveside committal service and burial will follow the Mass, at St. Genevieve Cemetery in Shoreham..

Friends may call, at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon on Friday, September 6, from 5-7 PM.

Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers may be made, in her memory to; The Whiting Fire Department, to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, in Middlebury or to Shard Villa in Salisbury.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home, in

Brandon.

Following the committal service the family will receive friends back in the church hall, for a time of remembrance.