Claudette A. Albert, 78, North Haven
Claudette Anna Bouthot Albert, 78, of North Haven, died peacefully on May 8 at the Connecticut Hospice, Branford. She was the wife of 57 years to A. Austin Albert. Claudette was born in Fort Kent, Maine, on Sept. 6, 1934, the twelfth of 13 children born to the late Josephal and Clarice Landry Bouthot. Claudette and her family moved to Brunswick, Maine, where Claudette attended St. John’s Parochial School and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1952. She later attended a local beauty school and became a hairdresser.
Claudette had worked for Word Works CT Direct Mail, was employed as a bookkeeper at Art’s TV & Appliance, and later worked at The Advisor newspaper until her retirement in 1996. She was also a parishioner of St. Barnabas Church, where she served as a Eucharistic minister and was a member of the Women’s Club. She spent her last 15 years of retirement alternating between North Haven in the summer and Sarasota, Florida, in the winter.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her beloved children, Maureen Desrosiers and her husband Jean of New Hampshire, James Albert and his wife Charlotte of North Haven, Andrew Albert and his wife Tracey of East Haven, JoAnn Manning and her husband John of North Haven, and David Albert and his wife Denise of Meriden. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Michelle and Andrew Desrosiers, Lauren, James, and Steven Albert, Ryan and Rebecca Albert, Olivia Manning, and Nicole and Helene Albert; three sisters, Teresa Lachance of Gardner, Massachusetts, Florence Bachand of Brunswick, Maine, and Patricia Dagenais of Manchester; her sister-in-law, Anne Albert of Brunswick, Maine; her brother-in-law, Fr. Andrew Albert, SM of Our Lady of Lourdes, Boston, Massachusetts; and many nieces and nephews.
Her funeral procession left the North Haven Funeral Home on May 14 for a mass of Christian burial at St. Barnabas Church. Burial was in All Saints Cemetery. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the Connecticut Hospice, Inc., 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405. www.northhavenfuneral.com