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Theresa M. Blanchette Gregoire, age 93, of Bourbonnais, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020 at Heritage Health in Dwight.

Private family services will be held.  A public memorial Mass and inurnment will be celebrated at a later date.

Theresa was born December 6, 1926, in St. George, the daughter of Armand & Ida Clark Blanchette.
She married Eugene Gregoire on August 11, 1945, in St. George. He preceded her in death on December 16, 2001.

Theresa was a homemaker and had also worked at St. Joseph Church in Manteno. She was an Avon Representative for 20 years. Theresa also had worked for Marriott. She was a member of Women of the Moose. Theresa enjoyed gardening, cooking, and babysitting. She loved spending time with her children and great-grandchildren.

In younger years, Theresa was very involved in her church activities. She started the first Country Store at the St. George Homecoming (church picnic). She had been a member of the Ladies of Sodality of Manteno.

Theresa was a parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley and a member of the CCW. She was a former CCW Woman of the Year (1967). She held the position of president, secretary, and treasurer of that organization over the years.

Surviving are three sons, Joseph Gregoire of Chicago, Jerome Gregoire of Bradley, Philip Gregoire of Bourbonnais; two daughters, Janice Gregoire of Bourbonnais and Fleurette Meents of Bourbonnais; one sister, Jeanette Gregoire of Manteno; three sisters-in-law, Mildred Blanchette of Bourbonnais, Darlene Dittus of Herscher, and Helen Blanchette of Bourbonnais; eight grandchildren, James Mazzuchi, Brian Mazzuchi, Joshua Gregoire, Mary Gramling, Jeremy Gregoire, Alisa Carruthers, Melanie Meents, and Taylor Bizzarro.

In addition to her husband, Theresa is preceded in death by her parents; one grandson, Daniel Mazzuchi; four brothers, William Blanchette, Ambrose Blanchette, Maurice Blanchette, and Henry Blanchette; and brother-in-law, Ed Gregoire.

Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley.

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