Delcina
Delcina (Richard) Collette
d. November 20, 2009
Hudson, MA
Delcina (Richard) Collette, 92, of Hudson, died on Friday, November 20th at Heywood Hospital in Gardner. She was predeceased by her husband, Edgar Collette in 1949.
Delcina was born and raised in St. Norbert, NB, Canada, daughter of the late Frank and Rose Ann (LeBlanc) Richard. After her marriage to her late husband Edgar, she resided in Bouctouche, NB, Canada for 20 years before moving to Waltham, MA where she resided for 15 years. She has resided in Hudson for the past 25 years. She was employed for many years by the former BLH Co. in Waltham. Delcina took great pride in her family and friends and enjoyed knitting, baking and preparing special Acadien dishes for them. She was an avid bingo and card player.
She is survived by her two sons, Joseph Collette and his wife Fernande of Gardner, Frederick Collette and his wife Eva of Waltham; her daughter, Azelie Allain and her husband Herman of Fredericton, NB, Canada; her son-in-law Zephyr Richard of Bouctouche, NB, Canada, husband of her late daughter Annette Richard who died in 2005; her daughter-in-law, Carol Collette of Hudson, wife of her late son Roger Collette who died in 1990; her brother, Arthur Richard and his wife Eva of Ste. Marie, NB, Canada and her sister, Delphine Richard of Montreal, Canada. She is also survived by her 13 Grandchildren, Gary, Vicky, Tina, Wayne, Kevin, Michelle, Denise, Jeff, Anne Marie, Annette, Monique, Cori-Anne and Laura; 17 Great Grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to attend calling hours at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home, 50 Central Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (www.tighehamilton.com) on Tuesday, Nov. 24th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 26th at 4:00 p.m. in Saint-Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Bouctouche, NB, Canada. Visitation will be held on Thursday, Nov. 26th from 2:00 to 3:45 p.m. at the Maillet Funeral Home, 29 rue de l'Eglise, Bouctouche, NB, Canada E4S 2Z5 (www.mailletfuneralhome.ca). Burial will be in parish cemetery, the Saint-Jean Baptiste RC Cemetery.
Donations in memory of Delcina may be made to either: Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick, 133 Prince William Street, Suite 606, St. John, NB, Canada E2L 2B5 or American Heart Association, 20 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701.
Delcina (Richard) Collette, 92, of Hudson, died on Friday, November 20th at Heywood Hospital in Gardner. She was predeceased by her husband, Edgar Collette in 1949.
Delcina was born and raised in St. Norbert, NB, Canada, daughter of the late Frank and Rose Ann (LeBlanc) Richard. After her marriage to her late husband Edgar, she resided in Bouctouche, NB, Canada for 20 years before moving to Waltham, MA where she resided for 15 years. She has resided in Hudson for the past 25 years. She was employed for many years by the former BLH Co. in Waltham. Delcina took great pride in her family and friends and enjoyed knitting, baking and preparing special Acadien dishes for them. She was an avid bingo and card player.
She is survived by her two sons, Joseph Collette and his wife Fernande of Gardner, Frederick Collette and his wife Eva of Waltham; her daughter, Azelie Allain and her husband Herman of Fredericton, NB, Canada; her son-in-law Zephyr Richard of Bouctouche, NB, Canada, husband of her late daughter Annette Richard who died in 2005; her daughter-in-law, Carol Collette of Hudson, wife of her late son Roger Collette who died in 1990; her brother, Arthur Richard and his wife Eva of Ste. Marie, NB, Canada and her sister, Delphine Richard of Montreal, Canada. She is also survived by her 13 Grandchildren, Gary, Vicky, Tina, Wayne, Kevin, Michelle, Denise, Jeff, Anne Marie, Annette, Monique, Cori-Anne and Laura; 17 Great Grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to attend calling hours at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home, 50 Central Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (www.tighehamilton.com) on Tuesday, Nov. 24th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 26th at 4:00 p.m. in Saint-Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Bouctouche, NB, Canada. Visitation will be held on Thursday, Nov. 26th from 2:00 to 3:45 p.m. at the Maillet Funeral Home, 29 rue de l'Eglise, Bouctouche, NB, Canada E4S 2Z5 (www.mailletfuneralhome.ca). Burial will be in parish cemetery, the Saint-Jean Baptiste RC Cemetery.
Donations in memory of Delcina may be made to either: Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick, 133 Prince William Street, Suite 606, St. John, NB, Canada E2L 2B5 or American Heart Association, 20 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701.
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