Plaistow, NH: Jacqueline Y. (Taillon) Bouvier, 94, a resident of Plaistow since 1984 and a former longtime resident of Haverhill, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 26, 2018 in Newburyport, MA. Born in Lynn, MA on March 8, 1924, she was one of seven children born to the late Alphonse and Anna (Dumais) Taillon. Her early childhood was spent in Lynn and Georgetown before the family relocated to Haverhill, where she attended Haverhill Public Schools. While a student at Haverhill High School, she was a drum majorette and baton twirler in the school band. Employed first at General Electric Company during World War II and later at Western Electric Co., she enjoyed several years as a housewife and homemaker before working in the cafeteria at Haverhill High School.

Jacqueline enjoyed many activities and hobbies including painting, knitting, sewing, singing, and cheering on her favorite sports teams. Her favorite times were camping on the Kancamangus, summers on the Ossipee River at the A-frame, or at Hills Beach with her family and winters in Florida. She had a lifetime appreciation of nature, especially of butterflies. She could very often be seen wearing one of her vast collection of butterfly pins. A devout Catholic, she was a longtime and active member of of All Saints Parish and the former Saint Joseph Parish, where she was a member of the parish choir and prayer group and served as a Eucharistic Minister along with her husband Edward.

Jacqueline was predeceased by the love of her life Edward F. "Eddie" Bouvier in 2005 after fifty-eight years of marriage, also a brother Alcide Taillon and sisters, Lorraine Ellis, Rita Mitchell, Geraldine MacLeod and Jeannette Parker. A loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, she will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert E. and Kathleen Bouvier of Plaistow, a granddaughter, Dr. Melissa B. Root, and her husband Adam of Newbury, a sister Annette Parker and her husband Joseph of Haverhill, many nieces, nephews and godchildren, and special nieces, Mary Ann and Sue, who took time out of their lives to take their "Aunt Jackie" shopping, dining, or on travel adventures.

The family would like to extend their sincerest thanks and gratitude to the wonderful and caring staff at Port Healthcare Facility, Newburyport and Harborside Hospice for their outstanding care and support given to our beloved Jackie.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Mrs. Bouvier's Life Celebration to be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, 116 Main St., Plaistow, NH. Her funeral will begin on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 9 a.m. from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in All Saints Church, 120 Bellevue Avenue, Haverhill. Burial will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Hilldale Avenue, Haverhill. To send a message of condolence to the family, please visit www.brooksidechapelfh.com. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Harborside Hospice, 23 Atkinson Depot Road, Plaistow, NH or to a fund for the establishment of a butterfly garden in memory of Jackie Bouvier.