Theresa Bergeron of Sullivan County Health Care passed away quietly on Friday, February 25, 2022, at the age of 96.
She was born in Claremont, NH, on October 4, 1925, the daughter of David Mignault and Laudina (Coulombe) Mignault. After the death of her father in 1926, her mother would later marry Edward Melcher who would adopt her and her older sister, Violet.
Theresa would attend Claremont schools, entering Stevens High School as part of the Class of 1942. She left school in 1941 to enter the workforce as an employee of The International Shoe Company. This move she would always regret throughout the period of her life she spent as a homemaker raising her six children. This regret eventually prompted her to enroll in the Claremont Adult Education Program in her early fifties, where she finally achieved her high school diploma. After graduating, she worked at multiple jobs in the Claremont School District, eventually settling in as an employee of the Adult Education Program she so dearly loved. She retired from her job in 2000 after spending 20 years in the system.
With the responsibilities of family behind her, she enjoyed an active social life that found her attending dances regularly as well as participating in a women’s bowling league for years.
In later years Terry loved being at the oceanfront and visiting the many lighthouses that dot the rocky shores of DownEast Maine. Her annual visit to Port Clyde with her daughter Pamela was the highlight of many summers.
She is survived by four sons, Richard Bergeron and his companion, Jodie Raymond of Claremont, NH; Timothy Bergeron and his wife, Susan Lee of Strafford, VT; Jeffrey Bergeron and his companion, Susan Kane of Hopkinton, NH; and Michael Bergeron and his wife, Kristi of Albuquerque, NM; one daughter, Deborah Paulette and her husband, James of Alstead, NH; nine grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; brothers, Edward Melcher Jr and his wife Angie; Larry Melcher and his wife Elaine; her sister-in-law Rhoda Melcher and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her daughter, Pamela Bergeron; sisters, Violet Viotto and Marceline O’Brion; brother, Robert Melcher; her former husband, Normand Bergeron; her mother, Laudina M. Melcher and father, Edward Melcher.
Visiting hours will be held at Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street, Claremont on Friday evening, March 4th from 5 to 7 PM.
A funeral service will be held at Stringer Funeral Home Saturday morning at 10AM with Father John Loughnane officiating. Burial will follow in St Mary Cemetery.
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