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09/21/2012 02:00 PM

Germaine F. Benoit, 89, Madison


Germaine F. Benoit, 89, long time resident of Madison, died at Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, on Sept. 18. She was the wife of the late E. William Benoit.  Mrs. Benoit was born in Le Havre, France on June 12, 1923, daughter of the late Jean Marie and Marie LeGuern.  www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate.aspx).  To share a memory or to leave a message of condolence for the family, please visit www.GuilfordFuneralHome.com.

She is survived by her beloved children, Willi J. Benoit and his wife Toni of Old Saybrook and Germaine Gundersen and her husband Glenn of Guilford.  She is also survived by four grandchildren, Will J. Benoit and his wife Brandie Doyle of Clinton, Dr. Jasen Gundersen and his wife Liz of Lighthouse Point, Florida, Martine Keating and her husband Eliot of Clinton, and Lisanne Gundersen of Guilford; a great-grandson, Edward Keating; and four nieces.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. George Church, 33 Whitfield St., Guilford, on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 12 noon.  Burial will follow in West Cemetery, Madison.  Friends may call on Friday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Guilford Funeral Home, 115 Church St., Guilford. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 (