JEANNE (MAYER) CIEMNIEWSKI – MIDDLEBURY – Jeanne Ciemniewski, 90, passed away on

October 26, 2023 at the McClure Miller Respite House after a brief battle with cancer. She and

her twin sister Jeannette were born on October 28, 1932 in Shoreham, Vermont. They were

the seventh and eighth of ten children born to Edmond and Elie-Anna Mayer. In her twenties

she bravely packed up and moved to New Britain, CT where she met her husband Charlie and

had her three children before returning to Vermont in 1966. She worked for many years at the

Van Raalte sewing factory and at CPC, both in Middlebury. In retirement she and her twin

sister, Jeannette, cared for and doted upon many children in their home including nieces,

nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. She also loved to make character cakes and

once made a cow birthday cake for Woody Jackson. Jeanne was an avid reader and subscribed

to the Harlequin Reader service for more than 50 years. Twelve books a month for 50 plus

years is alot of romance novels! She is survived by her sister Pauline Welch, brother Raymond

Mayer, son Eric Ciemniewski (Christine Forde), daughter Sheila Dodd and grandchildren Dylan ,

Sheldon, Christopher, Sarah, Rachael and Dallas as well as two great-grandsons Matthew and

Jameson as well as many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her son Carl Ciemniewski,

her son-in-law, Stan Dodd, three sisters Peggy St. George, Lucille Smith and Jeannette Mayer

and four of her brothers, Fernand, Paul, Rael and Rene Mayer. Calling hours will be held on

November 9 th from 4-6pm at Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. A devoted Catholic and

longtime parishioner at St. Mary's Church of the Assumption, a service will be held there at

10:30am on November 10 th with reception and burial immediately following. In lieu of flowers

donations may be made to the Carl Ciemniewski Legacy Scholarship Fund (CCLSF) PO Box 374,

Hinesburg, VT 05461.