Violette
Violette (Bonnafe) Gilles
d. March 15, 2011
Hudson, MA Violette (Bonnafe) Gilles, 91, of Hudson, passed peacefully on Tuesday, March 15th at Beaumont Nursing Home in Westborough. She was the loving wife of the late Francis H. Gilles Jr. who died in 1983.
Born Sept. 7, 1919 in Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of the late Oliver and Maria (Beauregard) Bonnafe, she resided in Hudson most of her life. She was a resident at New Horizons in Marlborough for six years and most recently was residing at Beaumont Nursing Home in Westborough.
Violette was a 1936 graduate of Hudson High School and later graduated from the Fay School of Boston in 1938. She was employed by the Murphy Insurance Agency in Hudson for 18 years. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters in Hudson, the Hudson Emblem Club and Marlborough Hospital Auxiliary. She was a member of Saint Michael's Parish in Hudson where she spent many years as a volunteer at the Parish Office.
She leaves her children, James Gilles and his wife Penny of Florida, Ann McIntyre and her husband Jack of Milford, Barbara Weaver and her husband Don Jr. of Hudson and Michael Gilles and his wife Elia of Bolton. She was the loving Memere of Shawn and Michael McIntyre of Milford, Stacy (Weaver) Sweeney of Medford, Matthew Weaver of Cambridge and Nicole and Ryan Gilles of Bolton; great grandmother of Mickey and Brady Sweeney of Medford and also survived by her nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Oliver Bonnafe Jr.
Violette was an avid Red Sox, Patriots and Norwich University Football fan.
Violette's family would like to thank all the staff from Beaumont in Westborough, for all their care and compassion. Also, New Horizons in Marlborough where she spent six joyful years.
A funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, March 19th at 11:00 a.m. in Saint Michael's Church, 21 Manning Street, Hudson. Burial will follow in Saint Michael's Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Friday, March 18th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home, Inc. 50 Central Street, Hudson, MA 01749.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Violette's memory can be sent to: Friends of Milford area Special Athlete's, P.O. Box 81, Hopedale, MA 01747.
Born Sept. 7, 1919 in Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of the late Oliver and Maria (Beauregard) Bonnafe, she resided in Hudson most of her life. She was a resident at New Horizons in Marlborough for six years and most recently was residing at Beaumont Nursing Home in Westborough.
Violette was a 1936 graduate of Hudson High School and later graduated from the Fay School of Boston in 1938. She was employed by the Murphy Insurance Agency in Hudson for 18 years. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters in Hudson, the Hudson Emblem Club and Marlborough Hospital Auxiliary. She was a member of Saint Michael's Parish in Hudson where she spent many years as a volunteer at the Parish Office.
She leaves her children, James Gilles and his wife Penny of Florida, Ann McIntyre and her husband Jack of Milford, Barbara Weaver and her husband Don Jr. of Hudson and Michael Gilles and his wife Elia of Bolton. She was the loving Memere of Shawn and Michael McIntyre of Milford, Stacy (Weaver) Sweeney of Medford, Matthew Weaver of Cambridge and Nicole and Ryan Gilles of Bolton; great grandmother of Mickey and Brady Sweeney of Medford and also survived by her nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Oliver Bonnafe Jr.
Violette was an avid Red Sox, Patriots and Norwich University Football fan.
Violette's family would like to thank all the staff from Beaumont in Westborough, for all their care and compassion. Also, New Horizons in Marlborough where she spent six joyful years.
A funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, March 19th at 11:00 a.m. in Saint Michael's Church, 21 Manning Street, Hudson. Burial will follow in Saint Michael's Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Friday, March 18th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home, Inc. 50 Central Street, Hudson, MA 01749.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Violette's memory can be sent to: Friends of Milford area Special Athlete's, P.O. Box 81, Hopedale, MA 01747.
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