Marian L.

Fortier

Lifelong Resident Of Newtown And Botsford

Fire Rescue Company

Ladies’ Auxiliary

Marian L. Fortier, 84, of Botsford, died December 18, surrounded by family. She was born April 10, 1927, in Monroe, a daughter of Genevieve and Claude H. Lewis, and lived her whole life in Newtown.

Ms Fortier was a lifelong member of the Botsford Fire Rescue Company Ladies’ Auxiliary. She was a member of the Stepney Baptist Church, and of the American Baptist Women’s group there.

She was a part of the local Campfire Girls organization, and belonged to the Striders Drum Corps, a Newtown/Danbury marching band of the 1950s and 1960s.

Four children, Charlene Kolb of Botsford, Lynne Fortier of New Milford, Charles Forties of Asheville, N.C., and Marian Keller of Southbury; eight grand- and great-grandchildren; and her siblings Donny Lewis of Sandy Hook, Jeanette Perry of Florida, and Martha Didato of Orange, Conn., survive Ms Fortier. She was preceded in death by a son, Paul, and his wife Martha; two brothers; and her life companion Ralph Guedes.

A memorial service will take place Saturday, January 7, at 11 am, at Stepney Baptist Church, Route 25, in Monroe.

The Newtown Bee        January 6, 2012