Bernadette Lherisson Jean-Louis, 87, of Vermont, passed away on January 16, 2025, at the White River Inn and Suites after a 17-year struggle with declining health.
Born on January 6, 1938, in Jeremie, Haiti, she was the child of Eugen and Esther Lherisson. She married Dulorin Jean-Louis on September 8, 1959, and they had several children: Jean-Claude Lherisson, Greger Jean-Louis and his wife Marie Cilotte, Luc Jean-Louis, Carline Jean-Louis, and Wildade Jean-Louis. Her family includes grandchildren Martine Lherisson, Carine Lherisson Jean-Baptiste and her husband Guy-Claude, grandson Greger Farell Jean-Louis II, Chrissy Joel, Carlens Pierre, Claudy Florences, Cedric, and Mathieu Lherisson, along with their great-grandchildren, Christian Dominick, Sarrah Charlotte, Jean-Baptiste, Maurine Pierre, and Neissa Lherisson. She had several nieces, nephews, and cousins Her niece, Marie Narold Duvignaud, Marie Nirva Lherisson Louis-Paul, and her husband Rodolphe Louis-Paul, Marvin and Ralph Louis-Paul, and her nephew Hansy Lherisson, Jacques Duvignaud Jr., first Gerald Duvignaud. And her cousin Jean-Camy, Georges, Mirtha, Josue, and Sabine Lherisson and Jean-Alixe, Jean-Erick, Nicole, Roselyne Damus Additionally, she has family in Laval, Quebec, Canada, including Marie Carline Germeil and her husband Adler Alisma, along with their children Arline and Adler Alisma.
Bernadette immigrated to the United States on November 1, 2008, up until her death on January 16th 2025. She faced numerous health challenges, beginning with heart attack on February 6th 2009, requiring emergency pacemaker.. In the months following, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, followed by many severe pulmonary embolisms. From that, she developed thyroid cancer and underwent thyroidectomy surgeries a month later. Approximately two years later, she developed dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Her complicated decline in health required multiple hospital stays within a two-year span and numerous procedures. Despite her struggles, Bernadette fought and held on until the very end, where she passed peacefully at home. During the decline of her health her health, Bernadette regularly maintained a joyful mood and even could be heard singing or humming at times in her hospital room. Though Bernadette may be gone from our sights, she will never be gone from our hearts. We will honor the memories, stories, and unconditionally love that she taught us. Her life was marked by resilience, love for family, and enduring faith despite her struggles.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Immaculate Conception Church, 216 East Dunstable Road, Nashua, NH, Saturday, February 1st at 10 a.m. Her family will receive relatives and friends at the church beginning at 9 a.m. Bernadette will be laid to rest in the Mausoleum of Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashua immediately following the Mass. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.farwellfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of the Farwell Funeral Service, 18 Lock Street, Nashua.
