Madalyn Gouin Obituary

Madalyn M. "Sue" (Clark) Gouin, of Portland, CT, passed away peacefully in her home on January 24th 2024, just 300 ft from the home in which she was born.

Born September 3rd in 1941 to Charles H. Clark, Sr. and Madalyn I. (Doolittle) Clark; Sue grew up in Portland, attending Portland High School where she graduated in 1959 and where she met her husband, Donald B. Gouin. Sue worked for the Middletown Savings, now known as Liberty Bank, before marrying and raising her family.

Sue was dedicated to her family and her greatest joy, later in life, was to attend dance recitals, ice skating shows and soccer games, watching her grandchildren enjoy life. A passionate reader, Sue visited the Portland Library weekly to check out as many mystery books as she could carry. She was an avid gardener, loved weaving baskets and enjoyed all kinds of arts and crafts. She accepted anyone that was brought into her home or her life and treated them with extreme kindness and compassion.

Sue leaves behind her husband of 62 years, Donald B. Gouin; her daughter Michele M. (Gouin) and her husband Phillip G. Grzejszczak of Portland; her son Brian D. Gouin and his wife Anne (Scricca) of Portland; her granddaughter Sara M. (Grzejszczak) and her husband David F. Fernandes, and great-granddaughter Linnea M. Fernandes, all of Longmeadow, MA; her granddaughter Lynsey M. Grzejszczak and her fiancé Jacob M. Huppe of Troy, NH; her granddaughter Emily M. Gouin and grandson Jack M. Gouin of Portland; her long-time friend Marion Morrell of Palm Bay, FL (formerly of East Hampton, CT), and several nieces and nephews scattered across the country.

Sue was predeceased by her parents Charles H. Clark Sr. and Madalyn I. (Doolittle) Clark of Portland and her brother Charles H. Clark, Jr. and his wife Ann (Oakliff) Clark of Williamstown, VT (formerly of Portland).

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate to the Portland Library Memorial Fund.

A memorial mass will be held on Friday, February 2nd at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, Portland. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Portland. Friends may call at the Portland Memorial Funeral Home, 231 Main St., Portland on Thursday, February 1st from 5 to 7 p.m.