BOSTON, Mass., and VAN BUREN – Jeanne A. (Ethier) Sirois, 98, died Sept. 16, 2005, at a Massachusetts hospital. Jeanne Alice Dupont was born Aug. 6, 1907, the oldest child of Charles-Emile Dupont and Elodie Brunelle, in Ste. Hermenegilde, Quebec. After her marriage in 1933 to Henri A. Ethier of New Hampshire, they settled in upstate New York for a few years, then moved to Maine in 1936. In 1943, Henri and Jeanne purchased a grocery store on Main Street in Van Buren, owned by the Watson’s. They affiliated it with IGA and operated it until 1957 when Jeanne sold the business to the Saucier family of Eagle Lake. Henri died in 1949. She married her neighbor and good friend, Wilfred Sirois in 1953, he later passed in 1956. Jeanne moved to Boston in 1957 to attend Miss Fanny Farmer’s School of Culinary Arts, at age 50, graduating with honors and taking a job as chef at the Tavern Club, an exclusive private club for upper class Bostonians with familiar american names. She worked there until her retirement in 1982, at age 75. She is survived by her two daughters, Mariette Ethier McGarry, Esq. and her husband, John W. McGarry, Esq., of Chevy Chase, Md. and Rachel Ethier Rosenbaum, and husband, Peter D. Rosenbaum of Auburndale, Mass.; two grandchildren, Dr. David Henri Rosenbaum of Chicago and Joel Conrad Rosenbaum of Auburndale, Mass., as well as nine brothers and sisters, all in Quebec province, Canada. She was loved by all who worked for her and with her for her sense of humor, her ethic of hard work, and her feisty nature. Relatives and friends may call 9 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at the Ouellette-Thibault Funeral Home, 118 High St., Van Buren. A funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Bruno-St. Remi Catholic Church. Committal service and interment will be in the parish cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Carroll Center for the Blind, 770 Centre St., Newton, MA 02458.
JEANNE A. (ETHIER) SIROIS
