Louise A. Cournoyer

Louise Anne Cournoyer, 81, of Paxton, MA, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024, at UMass Medical Center in Worcester due to complications following surgery. Her family was by her side during her final days.

Louise was born on October 2, 1943, in Rochester, NH, to Victor L. and Violette F. (Saucier) Hamel. She attended Holy Rosary School in Rochester. Having completed Nurses' Training at Notre Dame de Lourdes Hospital in Manchester, NH, she worked at Boston City Hospital, St. Vincent Hospital, and Fairlawn Hospital in Worcester.

In 1965, she married Glendon H. Green of Worcester (d. 1972), with whom she had two children. In 1974, she married Lawrence H. Cournoyer of Paxton (d. 2016) and added four more children to their flock. She loved being a mother. Working for nearly 50 years alongside her husband and children, she was a warm, welcoming, and hardworking presence in the store and flower fields of Cournoyer Vegetable Farm.

Louise was a parishioner of St. Columba Parish in Paxton, where she served as a lector and catechism teacher. She was also a member of the Paxton Women's Club. Always thinking of others, Louise regularly donated blood and platelets to the Red Cross for as long as she could. She enjoyed knitting, needlepoint, word puzzles, Hallmark movies, and traveling with her husband and children. For the past year, she enjoyed retirement from farm life in her new home in Tatnuck Park at Worcester. With constant kindness and good spirits, she was much loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed.

Louise is survived by her children: Glen Green and former wife Angelina; David Green and wife Jennifer; Alfred Cournoyer and wife Caitlin; Nicole Azze and husband Jason; Audrey Schwartzberg and husband Ezra; and Elaine Cournoyer. She delighted in her grandchildren: Candy (Madeline), Samuel, and Jack Green; Asa and Ida Schwartzberg; and Therese, Martha, and Josephine Cournoyer. She is also survived by siblings Therese Sanfacon; Annette Lanoie and husband Normand; Paul Hamel and wife Jane; Alice Sidwell; and Victor Hamel and wife Shirley. She is predeceased by her sister, Rita Gauthier.

Relatives and friends are invited to gather with the family from 3 to 6 pm on Sunday, November 24, at Miles Funeral Home, 1158 Main St., Holden. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 am on Monday, November 25, at St. Columba Church, 10 Richards Ave., Paxton. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Holden.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Visitation House (visitationhouse.org) or Pernet Family Health Service (pernetfamilyhealth.org).

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