- Date Of Birth: March 23, 1927
- Date Of Death: July 16, 2010
- State: Massachusetts
Claire M. (Blanchard) Dufresne, 83, of Perry, Georgia, and a former longtime Upton resident, died Friday, July 16, 2010, in Georgia after an illness. She was the wife of Gaston M. “Gus” Dufresne, to whom she was married for 57 years.
Mrs. Dufresne was born in Upton, MA, on March 23, 1927, a daughter of the late Alfred J. and Bella (Berthelette) Blanchard. She was a self-employed hairdresser, operating a salon out of her Upton home for 50 years until retiring in 1999.
In addition to her husband, she leaves three daughters, Margaret Vaughn and her husband Davis of Perry, Lucille McCall of Hopedale, and Jo-Ann Paradis and her husband Frederic of Upton; one son, Richard Dufresne of Upton; a sister, Pauline Kelly of Ochlocknee, GA; ten grandchildren, Sharon Dube, John Nedoroscik and his fiancée Jackie Lear, Kevin McCall, Staff Sgt. Jason Nedoroscik, Justin Libbey, Justine Earl and her husband Eric, Lisa McCall, Mary Paradis, Dominique Dufresne, and Emilie Paradis; and one great-grandson, Jason Nedoroscik, Jr.
