Avis de décès de Rita-Rose Cyr - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

RITA ROSE CYR - WASHINGTON, Vt. - Rita Rose "Little Rita" Cyr, 91, of Washington, Vt., and more recently of Mansfield Place in Essex, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 12, 2015, in the Vermont Respite House in Williston, surrounded with love by her family. Rita was born on Feb. 8, 1924, in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of Napoleon and Alice (Sevigny) Carrier. After the death of her mother, she was raised by her father and stepmother, Lydia. Rita attended Holy Ghost School in Graniteville, and graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre, Class of 1942. On Oct. 16, 1943, Rita married Joseph Armand Cyr in New Britain, Conn., where they lived from 1942-1949. They then moved to and purchased a farm in Washington, Vt., where they lived for 65 years. She worked side-by-side with her husband and raised their family. Joe died Nov. 2, 2011. While in Connecticut, Rita was employed at Pratt and Whitney in New Britain, and after moving to Vermont, she worked at the former Rock of Ages Capacitor Plant and Sprague Electric Company for 35 years. She was a member of the St. Cecilia Church in Washington. Her other memberships included Washington Snow Flyers, Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST), and Eastern Milk Producers. Rita was an avid traveler, she and her husband, Joe, visited many countries. Rita's happiest times of her life were sharing time with her family and friends, lots of love, laughter and hugs, playing cards, joking around with the grandchildren, just being together. Left to cherish her memory include her daughters, Alice Poulin and husband, Reginald, of Washington, Vt., Diane Lyford and husband, Daniel, of The Villages, Fla., Janet Burnor and husband, Michael, of Hinesburg, and Nancy Brogna and husband, Paul, of Williston; son, Rosaire "Posey" Cyr of Washington; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Paul Carrier and wife, Frances, of Colchester, and Eugene Carrier and wife, Mary, of Williamstown; sister, Jane Cyr of Connecticut; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; stepmother; husband; three brothers, Albert, Louis, and Marcel Carrier; and sister, Lucille Cyr. Relatives and friends of Rita are invited to attend calling hours on Saturday, March 21, 2015, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hooker Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 1 p.m. in St. Monica's Catholic Church, 79 Summer St., Barre. Interment will take place in the spring at the St. Sylvester Cemetery in Websterville, at the convenience of her family. For memorial guest book visit www.HookerWhitcomb.com. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Vermont Respite House, 99 Allen Brook Lane, Williston, VT 05495.