Obituary of Jeannette Korch

Whitefield, ME Jeannette Korch - age 83, of Putnam, died August 20, 2013 at Maine General Rehabilitation and Nursing Care at Glenridge Drive, Augusta, ME after an extended illness. She was born in Putnam, CT, on Sept. 23, 1929 the daughter of Hector Collette and Dora (Bonosconi) Collette. She was educated in Putnam, graduating from Putnam High School. Mrs. Korch was employed by American Optical for many years. She had a youthful personality and loved camping, watching the cooking channel and listening to her radio with her cat, Sammy, on her lap. Her hobbies included knitting, crocheting and sewing. Mrs. Korch and her husband loved vacationing to Maine to visit her great nieces and great nephews and their sons. Jeannette was a lifelong communicant of St. Mary Church, Putnam, CT, and a member of St. Mary Circle Daughters of Isabella. A special thanks to the girls that cared for Jeannette at home. And the Beacon Hospice and Glenridge Rehabilitation. She was predeceased by her husband, Harold E. Korch, on Feb. 14, 2007. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Rosilda Basinet and Florence C. Houle, by two brothers, Alfred Collette and Raymond Collette, and a niece, Paula Collette. She leaves nephews in Connecticut, Gerald & Robert Houle, Roland & Paul Basinet; and Michael and Richard Collette and great nieces and nephews in Maine and loving cat Sammy. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11 AM at St Mary Church of the Visitation, 218 Providence Street, Putnam, burial to follow in St Mary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Jeanette's name to P.A.W.S. - CT, PO Box 191, Eastford, CT, 06242. To share a memory with her family "Light a Candle" at www.smithandwalkerfh.com