OBITUARY: Catherine (
DATELINE: Swanton/St. Albans
Catherine (Taylor) Grandchamp, 87, of St. Albans
and formerly, for many years of Swanton, died peacefully, Thursday, April 17,
2008 following a brief illness.
Born in Fletcher on July 6, 1920, she was the
daughter of the late Elazer and Jennie (Thompson) Taylor. Catherine was predeceased by her husband of
sixty years, Amory in 1997.
Catherine was well known in Swanton for her
baking and cooking skills, often providing meals at the Swanton American Legion
where she was a lifetime member and also frequently assisted Amory as bartender
and chief cook and bottle washer.
Mrs. Grandchamp loved and had amazing healing
powers with animals. People often
dropped off sick dogs, cats, birds and a menagerie of other animals that
Catherine nursed back to health. She
also had that talent with people, often taking in boarders in her Swanton home.
In her last four years, Catherine lived with her
only and beloved daughter, Tina Lang and family of St. Albans. For the last five months, Catherine was a
resident of Haven Health and Rehabilitation Center where she made many friends.
She is survived by her only daughter, Tina Lang and
Tina’s husband, Scott; grandchildren Amanda Connelly and her husband Randall of
Highgate, Kyle Gagner and his friend Missy LaBounty of Fairfield and Allison
Gagner of St. Albans as well as their father, Clovis Gagner of St. Albans. Catherine is also survived by two
great-grandchildren, Blake Connelly and Kaleb Gagner and several nieces and
nephews. In addition, Catherine and
Amory helped to raise two nephews, Sonny Austin of Virginia who survives her
and Neil Austin who predeceased her in 2000.
She was predeceased by all of her
siblings.
Catherine’s family would like to warmly
acknowledge the care and support she received from the office and staff of Dr.
Ned Shulman, Franklin County Home Health, Haven Health and Rehabilitation
Center and particularly the caring and compassionate nursing staff and doctors
at Northwestern Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, April
21, 2008 at 11 AM at the Kidder Memorial Home,
Gifts in Catherine’s memory may be made to the
To offer online condolences please visit: www.kiddermemorialhome.com
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