South Ryegate, VT Cecelia M. Duquette (Baldwin/Wheeler), 79, of Ryegate, VT passed away on March 28, 2015 at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center as a result of deteriorating health and a severe stroke. She had been in poor health due to issues with Parkinson's disease. Born on April 24, 1935, in Montpelier, she was the daughter of Cecil and Christina Baldwin (Gidney). She attended school in Montpelier and was a graduate of Montpelier High School. She is survived by her loving and caring husband of 34 years, Clement Duquette. She is also survived by her sister, Rosalyn Cooley and her brother Wendell Baldwin. Mom will be missed dearly by her children, Ernest, Bernardine and her husband Steve, and Brian, as well as her step-children Lynn, Jerry and Jamie, six grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, and her beloved four-legged companion, Teddy. She had several cousins, nieces and nephews with whom she loved to spend time and talk for hours with. Besides her parents, Mom was predeceased by her eldest daughter, Diane and her youngest brother, Henry. "Mom", as she was often known by, was a very social person and especially loved her time working at Emslie the Florist and later in her position as a bank teller at the then Chittenden Trust Company in Montpelier. She also enjoyed her time as manager of the snack bar at Twin City Lanes and the pit stand at both the Catamount Stadium and Thunder Road race tracks. She enjoyed watching NASCAR, was an avid Jeff Gordon fan, loved to watch her flowers grow, listen to country music, especially her favorite artist Alan Jackson, and to spend her summers at their camp on Tickle Naked Pond. Family and friends are invited to attend calling hours for Cecelia on Friday, April 3rd from 5 to 7 PM at the Guare & Sons Funeral Home located at 30 School Street in Montpelier. In lieu of flowers the family would ask you to consider making a donation to the Central Vermont Humane Society. Their address is PO Box 1589 VT Rte 14 Road East Montpelier, VT 05651. The family wishes to gratefully acknowledge her doctors, the staff at the Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, NH and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for their compassionate care and concern for Mom and our family during these past few years of struggle.