Christine Bergeron, an EMT with the Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance and local Rotarian, died on June 21 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Bergeron, 55, was a resident of Rindge and a recent addition to the ambulance service. Her main career was as a senior technical account manager with GreenHill Investment Reporting. She became certified as an EMT and joined the ambulance at the start of 2025.
“Christine was more than a member of Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance; she was a friend, a caregiver, and a dedicated public servant who answered the call to help others when they needed it most,” the ambulance service said in a post on its Facebook page after Bergeron’s passing. “Through her service, compassion, and commitment to this community, she touched countless lives and made a lasting difference in the people she cared for and worked beside.”
Bergeron joined the Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary Club in 2024 and was an active member before her illness.
“I found her to be a warm-hearted, community-spirited person, who was full of energy,” said Rotary President Tom Ahlborn-Hsu, who was inducted at the same time as Bergeron.
Bergeron was preceded in death by her father and by her husband, Matthew Bergeron, who died in 2018. She has two children, Christopher and Madelyn Bergeron.
“You would never know the hurdles my Mom faced throughout her life, because she made everyone see their purpose in their own lives,” said her daughter, Madelyn Bergeron. “She too lost her Dad when she was around the age I am now, and I lost my father nine years ago. Everyone has reminded me how proud she was of my brother and I, but in reality, I have always been 10 times more proud of her.”
Christine’s sister-in-law, Kelly McCoy, said of Bergeron, “Christine has been a part of my life since college and became a family member when she married my brother. Our children call each other cousin, which is a great gift to me. She’s the one that I could tell anything to and vice versa. I will miss her dearly.”
Bergeron kept her good humor and helpful spirit throughout her illness, even to the end of her life. She told her son, Christopher (nicknamed Ming), that she would always be with him, and told him that if he didn’t keep his room clean, she would haunt him and knock things over on his head.
Bergeron’s sister-in-law, Joni Bergeron, said that Bergeron often joked that she would be back to visit. Joni Bergeron told her she’d be welcome, as long as she didn’t scare her. Bergeron laughed and told her, “That’s not how I roll.”
“She is one of the strongest people I have ever known and was always worried about everyone else instead of herself,” said Joni Bergeron. Joni Bergeron said worrying about other people, particularly her children, was how she operated, even going so far as wanting to bring her food while going through chemotherapy.
“This was just her normal,” said Joni Bergeron. “She was one of a kind, completely irreplaceable.”
“Even as a young adult, Christine has been the strength of our family,” said her mother, Beverly Haley. “She was a great support for us through her dad’s many illnesses and his death. I will miss her afternoon calls letting me know what was going on in her life and making sure I was okay. She was an extraordinary daughter.”
Per Bergeron’s request, a wake will be held Saturday, June 27, at Cournoyer Funeral Home in Jaffrey, with a private burial.