Louise E. Prignano, 65, the cherished wife of over 44 years of Attorney Pascal A. Prignano, died on Tuesday (January 25, 2005) at Manchester Memorial Hospital after a long struggle with cancer. Born in Lincoln, NH the daughter of the late Louis Pouliot and Jeanne (Carbonneau) Pouliot of East Hartford she had grown up in East Hartford and was a graduate of East Hartford High School. She moved to Manchester where she raised her family and later moved to Columbia and most recently had lived in Storrs. Louise was a former member of the St. James Church Mother Circle and was an accomplished artist. For over 20 years she had worked as a legal secretary in her husband's law firm. Besides her husband and mother Louise is survived by her children and their spouses Anne Warren and her husband Charles of Coventry, John Prignano of Redlands, CA, Michael Prignano of East Hartford, Susan Ogden and her husband Christopher of Vernon and William Prignano and his wife Vanessa of Lebanon; her grandchildren Kayla, Dominic and Julian; her brother and sister-in-law Edward and Lorraine Pouliot of East Hartford; her sisters Rita and Sandra Pouliot of East Hartford and Ruth Clark and her husband Ross of Florida; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held on Friday at 9:45 a.m. from the John F. Tierney Funeral Home, 219 West Center St., Manchester followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of the Assumption, Manchester with burial in St. James Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home TODAY, from 4-8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the DeQuattro Community Cancer Center, 73-A Haynes St. Manchester, CT 06040. Published in the Hartford Courant from 1/26/2005 - 1/27/2005.