Therese Anne Beauchemin

Therese Anne Beauchemin died in Burlington on September 4, 2026. She was 85. Born on September 12, 1940, with Franco-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She planned menus that had to heal and satisfy. Sunday circled on a clipboard meant family trays; she never let a tray go out cold. Colleagues still mention a menu clipboard with Sunday circled. She married Pierre in 1967. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a son and a daughter through public schools and ordinary weather. After Pierre died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember a wave from the driveway that meant you were seen. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Burlington, among streets she never needed to explain. The extra coffee is still in the thermos.