M. Constance Guinard, M. Ed., age 71, of Norwell, passed away on December 5, 2011. Daughter of the late William J. and Frances (Doucette) Guinard, she was the devoted sister of Joan Frances Vermette of Norwell and the late Norman W. Guinard, and Merlin E. Guinard. She was the aunt of Frances Pickard and her husband Henry of Virginia, Barbara Pickard and her husband Jamie of Alabama, William J. Guinard and wife Judy of Virginia, Charles E. Vermette and wife Teresa of Norwell, Mark D. Vermette and wife Patricia of Texas, Joan F. Vermette of Cambridge, and David G. Vermette and wife Juliet of Maryland.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9 am in St. Helen Church, 383 Washington St. (Rt. 53), Norwell, MA. 02061. Visiting hours Sunday, Dec. 11 from 3-5 pm in the McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home, 30 Central St. (off Rt. 123, near state police barracks), Norwell Center, MA. 02061. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery, Biddeford, Maine on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 at 2 pm.

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