Victorine GODIN

Victorine Horner, 82, of Canaan, died on Monday January 10, 2005 at the Genesis Heath Care Center in Lancaster. She was born on April 12, 1922 in Coventry, Vt., the daughter of Rene and Corine (Champagne) Godin. Mrs. Horner attended school in Coventry, after which she worked as a housekeeper, on local dairy farms and on her family's dairy farm in Johnson, Vt. She was married to Raymond Horner on June 1, 1946. The couple moved in the mid-1950s to Canaan, where Mrs. Horner was employed by Ethan Allen Furniture Manufacturing in Beecher Falls, and later as kitchen help at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown, and at the Spa Restaurant in West Stewarts-town. In the mid-1970s she was employed by Manchester Man-ufacturing in Colebrook, where she would work until her retirement in the late 1980s. Mrs. Horner enjoyed Bingo, playing cards, reading and tending to her flower garden, but her favorite was time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Victorine Horner is survived by a son, Stanley Horner of Jefferson City, Mo.; two daughters, Jean Gagne of Canaan and Mrs. Duane (Joanne) Spencer of Pittsburg; a stepdaughter, Gloria Gray of Canaan; two brothers, Romeo Godin of Morrisville, Vt., and Edward Godin of Moscow, Vt.; two sisters, Mary Erno of Morrisville, Vt., and Lou Bedell of Stowe; seven grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; a great-grandchild and four step-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband in 1981; by two brothers, Roland and Rene; and three sisters, Doris, Irene and Corine. Calling hours were held on Friday, January 14 at the Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at Grace Methodist Church in Canaan, with the Rev. Priscilla Hull officiating. Burial will be in the spring at Alice Hunt Cemetery in Canaan. Memorial donations may be sent to the American Diabetes Association, PO Box 1131 Fairfax, VA 22038-1131.