Jeannine Marie (Couture) Monson, age 68, passed away at home peacefully surrounded by her loving family on December 2, 2012. She was born in Farnham, Quebec, Canada on June 7, 1944, a daughter of the late Joseph and Rita (Paquette) Couture. Jeannine worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, most recently at the Marian Center in Holyoke. She was a communicant of Mary Mother of Hope Church in Springfield. She was a nanny and friend to the Gallagher, Fontaine and Christman families. She belonged to the Mercy Nursing Alumni, loved to take pictures, baking and decorating specialty cakes, traveling, scrapbooking and mostly enjoyed spending time with her family and her beloved grandchildren. She leaves her 2 sons, Steven Monson and his wife Margaret of Bloomington, MN and Daniel Monson and his wife Heather of Longmeadow; 1 brother Michael Couture and his partner Ray Lynn of Springfield; 5 grandchildren, Eleanor Marie Monson, Julia Evelyn Monson, Susan Elizabeth Monson, Austin Nicholas Monson and Drew Casey Monson; a dear sister-in-law Jeanne Kumor and her close, childhood friend Kathy Kakley. Calling hours will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Grise Funeral Home, 280 Springfield St, Chicopee. A Service will be held on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the Grise Funeral Home followed by a Memorial Mass in Mary Mother of Hope Church in Springfield at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow in St Michael’s Cemetery.