Concord, NH – Marina R. (Cyr) Tetreault was born in St. Andre’, New Brunswick, Canada on April 2, 1935. She was the daughter of Philias Cyr and Claudia (Langlois) Cyr. She attended school in St. Andre’, and when she had completed her education, moved to Limestone, ME to help her aunt run a small restaurant. It was here that she met her future husband, Auguste J. Tetreault, an airman stationed at Loring Air Force Base. They were married in the Loring AFB Chapel on October 25, 1954.
After completion of Auguste’s military service, they settled in Franklin, NH and bought a small grocery store and luncheonette. They worked tirelessly over ten years to make the business the best that it could be. It became a popular place for ice cream, sandwiches, a quick grocery stop and snacks for the high school kids on their way home after school. Eventually, they sold the store so they could enjoy more time with their young family.
Marina continued to pursue cooking and culinary activities, taking a position as a pastry and salad chef at Franklin Regional Hospital and continuing educational opportunities, particularly learning cake decorating at the New Hampshire Technical Institute. She made dozens of beautiful and ornately decorated cakes for family and friends over the years.
By 1979, Marina decided that she was ready for a complete career change. She accepted a position at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NH as a billing specialist in the Group Accounts department. She made many friends and enjoyed her job, and retired in July 1994.
She had many hobbies, but especially loved sewing, bowling, walking and cross-country skiing, along with cooking. You could never visit and leave without having had “a little something” to eat. Post retirement, Marina and Gus took many bus trips to visit areas of the country and enjoyed that time immensely.
When the time came to make life easier, Gus and Marina sold their home and moved to Havenwood Retirement Community in Concord. They loved their cottage, their neighbors and the community.
Marina is survived by her two daughters, Linda G. (Tetreault) Estee of Dover NH and Gerianne L. (Tetreault) Holdsworth and husband Stephen Holdsworth of East Concord, NH., five grandchildren, Elizabeth (Holdsworth) Lazarra (Sean) of Wells, ME; Johnathan Holdsworth (Gwen Buel) of Arlington Heights, MA; Amelia Holdsworth of Penacook NH; Alexandra (Estee) Weber (Samuel) of Rollinsford, NH; and Michelle Estee (Christopher Levesque) of Madbury, NH.
Marina was also blessed with seven great-grandchildren; Quinn, Natalie, Casey, Ronan, Jacob, Juliana and Henry. An eighth great-grandchild will be joining the family later this year.
She is predeceased by her beloved husband and friend, Auguste J. Tetreault, her parents, a sister and six brothers. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Claire and Joseph Abele of Bolton, CT and her brother and sister-in-law, Maurice Cyr and Linda Lang of St. Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and friends whom she kept in touch with over the years as well as her cherished cat, Gracie.
A Mass of Chrisian burial will be celebrated Tuesday June 9th at 10:30AM at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church 180 Loudon Rd. Concord.
The Waters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Concord NH, the Havenwood Resident Support Fund, 33 Christian Ave. Concord NH and Pope Memorial SPCA of Concord NH.
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