Jeannette graduated from the Hotel Dieu de l'Assomption in Moncton, receiving her Registered Nursing Diploma in 1951. Early in her career she taught nursing and then travelled throughout the province working for the Red Cross Transfusion Services

. Following the births of her children, she eventually returned to nursing at the D.E.C.H., where she worked for over twenty years. After her retirement in 1995, she devoted her time to her many passions in life including travel, gardening, readin

g and music while continuing to nurture and care for many members of her family. Always an optimist and cheerful person, she especially cherished her annual extended family gatherings. Above all, she was a loving and generous mother who was ver

y proud of her children and their families.