MERIDEN, Conn. -- Pearl F. (Petit) Theriault, 86, formerly of 8 Autumn Drive, Fitchburg, Mass., died Monday, May 19, in the Bradley Home, Meriden, after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Theriault was born in Bridgewater, Mass., on Jan. 31, 1917, the daughter of George and Helen (Caron) (Belliveau) Petit, and lived in Fitchburg most of her life before moving to Meriden in 1986. She had worked at the former H. Margolin Co. in Fitchburg. She was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Church in Meriden and a former member of St. Joseph’s Church, Fitchburg. She was a member of the Meriden Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. Theriault is survived by a son, Kenneth T. Theriault of Meriden; two brothers, Arthur Petit of Leominster, Mass., and Albert Petit of Fitchburg; a sister, Joy Boucher of California; a grandson, Michael K. Theriault; a granddaughter, Jennifer L. Duperon, and a great granddaughter, Brittany Duperon, all of Goffstown, N.H.; and several nieces and nephews. Her husband, Clarence T. Theriault, died in 1983. THERIAULT -- On May 19, Pearl F. (Petit) Theriault, 96, of Meriden, Conn. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church, 46 Woodland St., Fitchburg. A visitation period will be held Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Louis M. Isabelle Funeral Home, 316 Clarendon St., Fitchburg. See www.isabellefuneral.com for additional information.