Obituary of Jeannette M. Auger

Jeannette M. Auger, of Danielson, CT, died December 24, 2013, at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA. She was born in Webster, MA, daughter of Joseph V. and Alexina (Bombardier) Auger the youngest of thirteen who have all predeceased her, Normand Sr., Gerard, Emile, Roland, Antonin, Paul, Albert, William, Luccienne, Anne Marie, Alice and Celina. Miss Auger graduated from St. Mary School and the Putnam Catholic Academy class of 1943. Then worked a few years in her father's "Daylight Bakery" on Van den Noort Street during WWII. In 1947 she began her career with Southern New Telephone Company as an operator on Grove Street in Putnam. When Dial System was installed in the area in January 1952, she transferred to the Danielson Office where she became Chief Operator's Desk Clerk until 1961 and later accepted a management post in Norwich as Secretarial Stenographer to the Eastern Division manager and in 1969 became a group manager in the Directory Assistance Offices and worked in Danielson, Norwich, New London and Willimantic offices, she retired with 35 years of service. She is a member of the Morris F. Tyler Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers; AT&T Foundation of Pioneers, the SNET Retirees Association, the French Genealogical Society of Connecticut, with which she researched both Auger and Bombardier families. She loved to read, cross word puzzles, enjoyed the Red Sox and the UConn Girls Basket Ball. Jeannette is survived by numerous nephews and nieces including Lucille (Paul) Tetreault, Paulette (David) Jensen, Robert (Donna) Guillot; Laurent (Louise) Guillot and many grand and great grand nephews and nieces. The family and friends will gather on Saturday, December 28, 2013 from 9:00 to 10:30 AM at the Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove Street, Putnam, followed by a 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in St. James Church, 12 Franklin Street, Danielson, CT. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Putnam. At Jeannette's request please omit flowers. Donations may be made in her memory to St. James School, 120 Water Street, Danielson, CT 06239. To share a memory with her family, "Light a Candle" at www.smithandwalkerfh.com