Katherine H. Langlois

BERLIN – Katherine “Kitty” Hebert Langlois, 83, died Sunday, May 27, 2018 at the Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Born on February 17, 1935 in Williamstown, she was the daughter of Henry J. and Lora (Wilfore) Hebert.

Kitty attended the Williamstown Village School and Williamstown High School graduating as Salutatorian of the Class of 1953. During these years, she was active on the “Hi-Flier” staff for three years and was editor of the yearbook her senior year. She won the silver “W” for her participation in the school’s extra-curricular activities such as school plays and the Glee Club.

Upon graduating, Kitty was employed for several years at the Barre Trust Company which is now the Merchants Bank in Barre. In 1956, she moved to Barre with her mother and younger sister and went to work as a receptionist at LaCross Memorials Inc. for many years and worked as a teller at the Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co., both of Barre. Kitty went on to work for a few years at the State of Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Fish and Game.

In June of 1970, she married Fernand A. Langlois of Barre. Following their marriage, they made their home in Barre until moving in 1972 to Hill Street Ext. in Berlin. From 1971, until retirement Kitty assisted her husband in the operation of their upholstery business.

She was an active member of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Montpelier where she sang in the senior choir, was a member of the Parish Finance Committee and worked on many other parish activities. Her other memberships included, the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #792 Auxiliary, for eighteen years the state board of Vermont Right to Life Committee which she served for a time as State Treasurer and was also a member of the Washington County Chapter of the VRLC. Kitty also served for thirteen years as Berlin Town Auditor, was a member of the Berlin Board of Civil Authorities and a Justice of the Peace, was proud to represent Berlin on the Washington County Republican Committee. She was one of the founders of the Peoples Health and Wellness Clinic in Barre and has served on their Board of Directors. While a member of the Montpelier Senior Center, Kitty worked as a receptionist there on Mondays and volunteered in other activities. She enjoyed bowling and for many years bowled in leagues at the Twin City Lanes in Berlin in the morning Ladies’ League and later in the Seniors’ Mixed League and also served as a sub for that league.

Survivors include her sisters Theresa Poor of Berlin and Lorena Henes of Burlington; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased by her brothers, Robert Hebert and Alfred Hebert, and sisters Harriet Poor and Elizabeth Wagner.

Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, June 4, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in St. Augustine Catholic Church in Montpelier.   Family and friends may call at the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy Street, Barre from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. prior to the service. Burial will take place on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center, VT.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the Vermont Right to Life Committee, PO Box 1079, Montpelier, VT 05601, the Peoples Health and Wellness Clinic, 553 North Main Street, Barre, VT 05641, or to the Activity Fund at Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center, 98 Hospitality Drive, Barre, VT 05641.