Castleton Mary Lou Soulia Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Soulia, 85, passed away late Friday night October 15 surrounded by family after a catastrophic medical event due to an unknown medical condition. Mary Lou was born on March 29, 1936 in Cincinnati, OH to Schuler and Corinne (Bode) Sohngen. Before Mary Lou started school the family moved to St. Petersburg, FL due to her mothers health. Mary Lou was raised to be a sweetheart by her parents and had the greatest older brother ever, Buddy. She received her schooling in St. Petersburg and would often talk of her friend Elizabeth Kovachevich (she loved to say that name) and them riding bikes and hanging out at baseball spring training and getting autographs. In 1959 Mary Lou married James Nelson Soulia in Fair Haven, VT, his hometown, and in 1972 they moved their family to Fair Haven. After getting divorced Mary Lou joined PWP and met Francis Pockette from Proctor. They were a loving, happy couple having wonderful times dancing at the Moose Club and fishing until his death in 1988. Mary Lou was a homemaker and was the kindest and most patient and forgiving person youd ever meet. She was a very talented painter in oils and watercolor, loved to sew and make clothes for her kids, crossword puzzle queen, gardener, loved horses and other animals, and thunderstorms (it was an awesome thunder and lightning parade that took her to heaven Friday night) and her 3 children, 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Dementia started to set in about 10 years ago and she was helped around home by her son and 2 grandchildren that lived with and cared for her. After her sons death her daughter Barbara became her guardian and caregiver along with many who helped her the last 5 years. The family wants to thank those people some of whom are Colleen, Kathy, Chelsea, Porsche, Heidi, Peggy, Amy, Ali, best of all her granddaughter Lauren, and many more. The family also wants to thank Fran and everyone at Misty Heather Morn who made her last 6 months filled with compassion, happiness, and many caring new people in her life. As well as Dr. Rosmus who was her doctor for his whole career in Castleton, Dr. Diercksen and Michelle at Castleton Health, the ER and ICU doctors and nurses and palliative care at RRMC for their dedicated and compassionate care. Mary Lou was predeceased by her parents, her ex-husband in 1984, fianc in 1988, her ex-husbands second wife and good friend she saw daily Joan Benedict Soulia in 2000, her brother Schuler Jr (Buddy) in 2007, and son Wayne Soulia in 2016. Shes survived by her daughter Deborah Soulia and her partner Kevin Dutil of Claremont, NH, daughter Barbara Shaw, grandchildren Lauren Shaw and her fianc Ryan Laramie and their children Noah, Elias and Ari, Branden Soulia and his girlfriend Porsche, and Greg Shaw all of Castleton, and grandson Nathaniel Soulia and his wife Lacey and their son Raiden of Rutland. Per her request there will be no funeral services. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society 765 Stevens Rd. Pittsford, Vt 05763 or to the Alzheimers Assoc. Arrangements are the direction of the Ducharme Funeral Home Inc. Online condolences at www.ducharmefuneralhome.com