Clarisse R. Legere

Clarisse R. Legere, age 90, passed away on December 23, 2018 at St. Vincent de Paul Nursing Home where she had been a resident for 6 years. She was born in Berlin, NH on June 12, 1928, the daughter of Matt and Alice Rheaume Gogan. She graduated from Berlin High School in 1946 and married her husband Maurice Legere in January, 1948. She and Maurice built their own home together and she was proud to say that she had pounded nails and hung sheetrock right alongside of him. When her children became school age, she went to work at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in the Medical Records Dept., went back to school to become an Accredited Records Technician, and ultimately became the Director of the Department, retiring after 30 years of service. She and her husband also built a summer cottage at South Pond in Stark, NH which was the site of many happy memories for the Legere and Gogan families. Clarisse did a lot of sewing in her younger years, loved to cook, go out to eat, entertain, and took pride in maintaining her home. In retirement, her passion was golfing. She and her husband traveled extensively going to Germany, many areas in Canada, and on several bus trips with family. She and her husband also spent several months in Florida during the winter. She was devoted to her family and cherished each one of her grandchildren and great- grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter Louise and her husband Peter Marquis, her grandchildren Jeff Marquis and wife Anne, Russell Marquis, Scott Legere and wife Shawnee, and Lisa Legere Condon and husband John and great grandchildren Elizabeth Marquis, Madelyn Delgreco, Brooks Legere, Miles Legere and Margaret Condon. She is survived by sisters in laws Pearl Legere, Jean Legere Demers, and Andrea Gogan, along with several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband Maurice in 2009 and a son Richard Legere in 2017, her brother Robert Gogan, and brothers and sisters in laws who were like siblings to her: Arthur and Irma Legere, Juliette Legere Merrill, Normand and Beatrice Legere Landry, Hubert Legere, Paul and Jeannette Legere, and Ronald Demers. Clarisse was a communicant of St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish and her faith was very important to her. SERVICES: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday December 28, 2018 at 1:00 PM at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Avenue, Berlin, NH on Friday from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, prior to the funeral mass. Donations in her memory may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Activities Fund, 29 Providence Ave., Berlin, NH 03570. Online guest book at www.bryantfuneralhome.net.