In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 26, our beloved Margo took her final gentle breath and was reunited with her beloved mother and mémère in heaven. Marguerite Marie Goodrow, who many knew affectionately as Margo, was born on January 22, 1959, in Queens, N.Y., to Gerald and Anne-Marie Bilodeau. Margo grew up in Winooski, where she attended St. Francis Xavier School and, later, Rice Memorial High School. After high school, Margo received her bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Vermont, upon which she worked in group homes for the special needs community. Little did she know the impact that her social work would have in her later life. She worked for many years as an underwriter for Pomerleau Insurance in Burlington before meeting her soon-to-be husband, Lloyd Goodrow. They fell in love and married on September 19, 1992, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Winooski. On August 14, 1994, Margo gave birth to her beautiful son, Daniel Joseph Goodrow. As a new mother of a baby born with Down syndrome, Margo knew that her priority was to give her son the best head start possible, and she left work to dedicate her life to her beautiful son. Her happiest moments were raising Daniel, and she took amazing glee in celebrating her first Mother’s Day with a brunch at the Putney Inn and introducing Daniel to his first cow! The next day, Margo received the horrifying news of being diagnosed with breast cancer, which she attacked with fervor because she wanted to be alive to raise her son. The type of person who would never take an aspirin or cold medicine, Margo was truly stoic in taking chemotherapy that ravaged her for many years until she finally achieved a 20-year remission. Even in her suffering, Margo was a passionate advocate for Daniel, inspiring Daniel to be a passionate advocate for others. She attended Special Olympics events and was thrilled to go to the National Special Olympics Games with Daniel in 2010 as his biggest cheerleader. In 2015, cancer raised its ugly head again in the form of breast cancer of the bones. Once again, Margo was on chemotherapy and, after 26 weeks of one treatment or another, her body needed a rest before she could resume her chemo. During that rest period, the cancer began to overpower her body so that she was too unhealthy…
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 26, our beloved Margo took her final gentle breath and was reunited with her beloved mother and mémère in heaven. Marguerite Marie Goodrow, who many knew affectionately as Margo, was born on January 22, 1959, in Queens, N.Y., to Gerald and Anne-Marie Bilodeau. Margo grew up in Winooski, where she attended St. Francis Xavier School and, later, Rice Memorial High School. After high school, Margo received her bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Vermont, upon which she worked in group homes for the special needs community. Little did she know the impact that her social work would have in her later life. She worked for many years as an underwriter for Pomerleau Insurance in Burlington before meeting her soon-to-be husband, Lloyd Goodrow. They fell in love and married on September 19, 1992, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Winooski. On August 14, 1994, Margo gave birth to her beautiful son, Daniel Joseph Goodrow. As a new mother of a baby born with Down syndrome, Margo knew that her priority was to give her son the best head start possible, and she left work to dedicate her life to her beautiful son. Her happiest moments were raising Daniel, and she took amazing glee in celebrating her first Mother’s Day with a brunch at the Putney Inn and introducing Daniel to his first cow! The next day, Margo received the horrifying news of being diagnosed with breast cancer, which she attacked with fervor because she wanted to be alive to raise her son. The type of person who would never take an aspirin or cold medicine, Margo was truly stoic in taking chemotherapy that ravaged her for many years until she finally achieved a 20-year remission. Even in her suffering, Margo was a passionate advocate for Daniel, inspiring Daniel to be a passionate advocate for others. She attended Special Olympics events and was thrilled to go to the National Special Olympics Games with Daniel in 2010 as his biggest cheerleader. In 2015, cancer raised its ugly head again in the form of breast cancer of the bones. Once again, Margo was on chemotherapy and, after 26 weeks of one treatment or another, her body needed a rest before she could resume her chemo. During that rest period, the cancer began to overpower her body so that she was too unhealthy…