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The Laconia Daily Sun, New Hampshire, 2 December 2011
Katherine Louise (Hidden) Bourgalt
BELMONT - Katherine Louise (Hidden) Bourgault, 93, formerly of Granite Ridge, died peacefully on November 26, 2011, at Colonial Poplin Nursing Home in Fremont.
Kay was born in Tamworth on January 9, 1918, to Harold and Helen (Bassett) Hidden.
She graduated from Keene Teachers' College in 1940. Her first teaching job was at a one-room schoolhouse in Boscawen. She continued to teach elementary education in various schools in Laconia. In 1979, she retired from more than twenty years of teaching at Union Sanborn School in Northfield. Kay was a favorite teacher to many students; she was kind, generous and loved by all.
Beginning in 1980, Kay and her husband, Henry "Hank" Bourgault, began wintering in Arizona, where they made new friends, played golf and enjoyed the warm weather for the next twenty years.
Kay was pre-deceased by her husband in 2002; two brothers, John and Bill Hidden; and two sisters, Elizabeth Sutherland and Frances Roberts. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Golden-Stearns of Stratham; her two sons, Paul and Tom, of Eugene, Ore.; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
At the family's request there will be no calling hours.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery at a later date.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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1918 - 2011 (93 years)