Amy Lynn Boissonneault 

Amy Lynn Boissonneault, 35, of St. Albans, Vermont, formerly of Fairfax, died peacefully of breast cancer on Monday evening, February 18, 2002 at her home in St. Albans in the presence of her family and friends.

Amy was born July 18, 1966 in St. Albans, the daughter of Giles and Carol Gaboury Boissonneault. She graduated from Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax in 1984. She then went on to study at Quinnipiac College in New Haven, CT, graduating with a degree in Legal Studies. In 1990 Amy joined with dozens of others in trying to rescue babies from abortion in Vermont. For this effort she spent three months in jail. This experience solidified her devotion to the unborn and she spent the rest of her life working for the protection of mothers and babies. She rescued, sidewalk counseled, picketed and prayed. In 1996 she moved to New Jersey where she worked for Good Counsel Homes, a network of crisis pregnancy centers, and for Thomas Faranda and Associates in Financial Planning. While there she was also active in a young singles Catholic group in New York City.

Amy was an avid traveler and made many trips and pilgrimages across North America and Europe to include Italy, France, and Ireland. She also enjoyed art, poetry, writing letters, summer sunsets at the lake, snowstorms, gardening, Jane Austen movies and New York City.

Amy will be remembered for the things she treasured most: her strong faith in Jesus Christ, her love of the Church and its saints and her family and friends. She enriched the lives of so many with her inner beauty and contagious smile. Her love of life and dedication to others were an inspiration to all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her parents, Giles and Carol Boissonneault of St. Albans, her sister, Lori Brunell and her husband Michael of Burlington, her two brothers, Jay Boissonneault and his wife Cathy of Swanton and Eric Boissonneault and his wife Colleen of Jeffersonville. Her nephews, Brendon, Bryant and Brent Boissonneault all of Swanton, and her special friends, Tom Marsich of Bronx, New York, and Laurie Hurley of Morrisville.

She also leaves her aunts and uncles, Pauline Cray of St. Albans, Robert and Jean Gaboury of Fairfax, Maurice and Marie Boissonneault of Johnson, Pauline and Stephen Ratte of Fairfax, Rene and Priscilla Boissonneault of Fairfax, and George and Mary Boissonneault of St. Albans Bay. She is also survived by several cousins and numerous friends.

Visiting hours were held at the home of Amy's aunt, Pauline Cray, and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on February 22, 2002 at Holy Angels Church in St. Albans by the Reverend Fr. Maurice Roy. Burial followed at the Boissonneault Family lot in St. Luke's Cemetery in Fairfax; arrangements by the Minor Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made in Amy's memory to Good Counsel Homes, POB 6068, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, or to the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, c/o Fr. Benedict Groeschel, Box 55, Larchmont, New York 10538.