Barbara Helene (Beaupre) Dupont, 74
Laconia- Barbara H. (Beaupre) Dupont, 74, of Laconia died peacefully Sunday Dec. 4, 2011 in her home surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Barbara was born on April 19, 1937 in Franklin, NH to Clarence Beaupre and Elizabeth (Maynard) Barneetz. She moved from Franklin to Laconia where she lived for 56 years with her husband Robert A. Dupont.
Aside from being a loving wife and devoted mother, Barbara was a business owner who opened the Sunshine Coffee Shop on Court Street, Laconia in 1984. She sold the restaurant in 1988 to follow other pursuits. Under different management, the restaurant eventually closed. In 1995 Barbara and her daughter Brenda J. (Dupont) Ferland re-opened the restaurant with a new name, Cafe Deja Vu. Barbara retired from the restaurant business in Oct. 1997 and sold the business to Brenda.
Barbara loved to be outside tending her many beautiful flower gardens surrounding her home or simply looking over Lake Winnisquam and admiring the landscape. She kept up with current events and loved following politics. She always had a better opinion than the news-channel pundits on
a wide array of topics and loved to share it with her friends and family.
She spent winters in Florida to avoid the New England snow and loved riding around the park in her golf cart up and down the streets lined with palm trees.
One of her favorite places to visit was Foxwoods Casino where she loved to play the slot machines in hopes of winning the jackpot some day.
She was predeceased by her parents and her brother Clarence (Jack) Beaupre.
Barbara is survived by her husband Robert; brother Rolland (Mickey) Beaupre; son Robert D. Dupont and his wife Pam; daughter Brenda and her partner Matt Martel; grandchildren Jeffrey R. Ferland, Thomas S Ferland and step-granddaughter Amanda; Betty Dascoulias, Marie Swain and Alyce Goupil who were all like sisters to Barbara; and many nieces, nephews and in-laws.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2011 from 4:00-7:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 10:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish – Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Community Health & Hospice, Inc., 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246 or to the American Cancer Society NE Div., Two Commerce Drive, Suite 110, Bedford, NH 03110-6803.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.