Chef, sailor and fiber artist "lived a life of adventure"
Georgette Louise Thabault, 68, of Essex, Vt., died peacefully on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester after a courageous battle with cancer. Georgette was born on February 18, 1953, the fourth of nine children to Dr. Wilfred and Mrs. Doris Thabault, in Japan, where the family was living while Dr. Thabault served there in the United States Air Force. The family moved back to Vermont in 1955. Georgie was a woman of many talents and lived a life of adventure. She was colorful, artistic and energetic. Georgette graduated from Rice Memorial High School in 1971 and Johnson State College in 1975, majoring in modern dance. She later attended Johnson and Wales College of Culinary Arts in Providence, R.I., and embarked on a culinary career. For many years she was a chef, including at the Christian Brothers Winery in Napa Valley, Calif., and on blue water yachts that sailed throughout the Bahamas and the Carribean. She opened an Italian restaurant in Sarasota, Fla., and was head of catering for a New Orleans-based restaurant group in Hattiesburg, Miss. Earlier, Georgie lived in Connecticut, where she invested in an industrial sewing machine and used her sewing talents in entrepreneurial endeavors, including making jackets for a local police department and repairing sails. Georgie, a skilled sailor, assisted in many trips sailing boats for owners in the Northeast to Florida and the Bahamas. Her sewing talents came in handy combined with her sailing expertise when she noticed sailors had difficulty finding a place to get their sails repaired while en route. She started bringing along her sewing machine and did a brisk business repairing sails at various ports along the way. During her travels in the New Orleans area, she met and fell in love with Rob Blount, from Hattiesburg, Miss. They married in 1998 in Hattiesburg, where they lived for a number of years before eventually moving back to Vermont in 2006. Throughout her life, Georgette enjoyed the outdoors and nature, particularly Vermont's mountains and Lake Champlain. She took many hikes with friends and her beloved dog, JoJo, and had a garden that overflowed with abundance. She enjoyed many sports, including bowling, sailing, and snow and water skiing. Georgie enjoyed the Ladies' Tuesday Night Bowling League and was a member of a bowling team that traveled to tournaments, including taking trips to the Women's National Bowling Championships…
Chef, sailor and fiber artist "lived a life of adventure"
Georgette Louise Thabault, 68, of Essex, Vt., died peacefully on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester after a courageous battle with cancer. Georgette was born on February 18, 1953, the fourth of nine children to Dr. Wilfred and Mrs. Doris Thabault, in Japan, where the family was living while Dr. Thabault served there in the United States Air Force. The family moved back to Vermont in 1955. Georgie was a woman of many talents and lived a life of adventure. She was colorful, artistic and energetic. Georgette graduated from Rice Memorial High School in 1971 and Johnson State College in 1975, majoring in modern dance. She later attended Johnson and Wales College of Culinary Arts in Providence, R.I., and embarked on a culinary career. For many years she was a chef, including at the Christian Brothers Winery in Napa Valley, Calif., and on blue water yachts that sailed throughout the Bahamas and the Carribean. She opened an Italian restaurant in Sarasota, Fla., and was head of catering for a New Orleans-based restaurant group in Hattiesburg, Miss. Earlier, Georgie lived in Connecticut, where she invested in an industrial sewing machine and used her sewing talents in entrepreneurial endeavors, including making jackets for a local police department and repairing sails. Georgie, a skilled sailor, assisted in many trips sailing boats for owners in the Northeast to Florida and the Bahamas. Her sewing talents came in handy combined with her sailing expertise when she noticed sailors had difficulty finding a place to get their sails repaired while en route. She started bringing along her sewing machine and did a brisk business repairing sails at various ports along the way. During her travels in the New Orleans area, she met and fell in love with Rob Blount, from Hattiesburg, Miss. They married in 1998 in Hattiesburg, where they lived for a number of years before eventually moving back to Vermont in 2006. Throughout her life, Georgette enjoyed the outdoors and nature, particularly Vermont's mountains and Lake Champlain. She took many hikes with friends and her beloved dog, JoJo, and had a garden that overflowed with abundance. She enjoyed many sports, including bowling, sailing, and snow and water skiing. Georgie enjoyed the Ladies' Tuesday Night Bowling League and was a member of a bowling team that traveled to tournaments, including taking trips to the Women's National Bowling Championships…