Pauline Therese DeLaBruere, 88, of Irasburg, VT passed away on March 4, 2023 at her home. She was born on December 9, 1934 in Quebec to the late John and Elmarilda (Breault) Ducharme.

Pauline worked as a dairy farmer for most of her life. She enjoyed gardening, reading Danielle Steel Romance novels, playing cards and dominoes, loved her casino adventures. For many years her home was always open to her children and grandchildren. She always had the coffee on, plenty of snacks and she would make us feel like we were more important than anything else in life. Her family came first. In recent years her greatest passion was spending time reading her French bible.

She is survived by her children Donald Cotnoir and his wife Noella, Francine Cotnoir and her husband Remi, Rejeanne McBreauirty and her husband Elbridge, Yvette Patenaude and her husband Norman, Richard Cotnoir and his wife Dinah, and Denise and Larry Royer, many grand, great grandchildren, and great great grandchild, sister Theresa Peterson and her husband Pete, sister-in-law Irene Ducharme and many nieces nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her first husband Marcel Cotnoir and father of her 8 children, second husband Maurice DeLaBruere, daughters Doris Ryan, Linda Drageset and brother Andre Ducharme.

Friends may call from 7:00 P.M.- 9:00 P.M. on Friday March 10, 2023 at the Curtis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home, 4670 Darling Hill Road, Derby. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday March 11, 2023 at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newport with Father Curtis Miller officiating, where a mass of Christian burial will be celebrated. Spring interment will be held at St. Theresa's Cemetery in Orleans. Memorial contributions in Pauline's name may be made to the Mary Wright Halo Foundation, 1073 Upper Quarry Road, Newport, VT 05855. On-line condolences may be made at curtis-britch.com Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home & Cremation Service, locally family owned and operated.