Claudette Anna Bouthot Albert, 78, of North Haven, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the CT Hospice, Branford. She was the wife of A. Austin Albert for fifty-seven years. Claudette was born in Fort Kent, Maine on September 6, 1934; twelfth of thirteen children to the late Josephal and Clarice Landry Bouthot; they moved to Brunswick, Maine where she attended St. John’s Parochial School and was a 1952 graduate of Brunswick High School; she later attended a local beauty school and became a hairdresser. She had worked for the Word Works CT Direct Mail, a bookkeeper at Art’s TV & Appliance and later worked at The Advisor Newspaper until her retirement in 1996. Claudette was a parishioner of St. Barnabas Church where she served as Eucharistic Minister and was a member of the Women’s Club; she spent her last fifteen years of retirement alternating between North Haven in the summer and Sarasota, Florida in the winter. Loving Mother of Maureen (Jean) Desrosiers of New Hampshire, James (Charlotte) Albert of North Haven, Andrew (Tracey) Albert of East Haven, JoAnn (John) Manning of North Haven and David (Denise) Albert of Meriden. Grandmother of Michelle & Andrew Desrosiers, Lauren, James & Steven Albert, Ryan & Rebecca Albert, Olivia Manning, Nicole & Helene Albert. Sister of Teresa Lachance of Gardner, MA, Florence Bachand of Brunswick, ME and Patricia Dagenais of Manchester. Sister-in-law of Anne Albert of Brunswick, ME and Fr. Andrew Albert, S.M. of Our Lady of Lourdes, Boston, MA. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Her funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, Tuesday morning at 9:30. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in St. Barnabas Church at 10:00. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery. The visiting hours will be Monday from 4 to 8 pm. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the CT Hospice, Inc., 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405.