Mary Claire CLOUTIER

Decoteau – Died in Nashua, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005. Mary Claire (Cloutier) Decoteau, 82, of 12 April Drive, Nashua, widow of Henry J. Decoteau, Sr. Calling hours will be held at The FARWELL FUNERAL HOME, 18 Lock Street, Nashua, on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Infant Jesus Church, 121 Allds Street, Nashua, Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. Burial will follow in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. Everyone is asked to please meet at the church. The FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE is in charge of arrangements. -- Mary Claire (Cloutier) Decoteau, 82, of Nashua, died Feb. 9, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, following a lengthy illness.A resident of Nashua since early childhood, Mrs. Decoteau was born June 2, 1922, at Tois-Rivieres, Quebec, daughter of the late Emile and Alphonsine (Guimond) Cloutier.She was the widow of Henry J. Decoteau Sr., whom she married Feb. 22, 1941. The couple had celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary prior to his death Dec. 18, 1988.Mrs. Decoteau had been employed with Sanders Associates, Inc. in Nashua for several years.She was educated in Nashua schools and was a communicant of the former St. Francis Xavier Church.Mrs. Decoteau will be lovingly remembered as a kind, loving mother and grandmother whose family was the center of her life.She was predeceased by three brothers, Paul, Maurice and Wilfred Cloutier.Survivors include four sons and three daughters-in-law, Robert A. Decoteau of Nashua, Henry J. Jr. and Eileen Decoteau of Nashua, Donald R. and Linda Decoteau of Hudson, and Dennis R. and Christina Decoteau of State College, Pa.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Priscilla and Roger Berube of Douglassville, Pa., and Carol A. Decoteau of Nashua; five grandchildren, Kenneth Decoteau, Adam Decoteau, Michele (Berube) Parker and her husband, Robert, Roger Berube Jr. and Megan Decoteau; four great-grandchildren; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Rene and Arlene Cloutier of Englewood, Fla., Fernand and Mary Anne Cloutier of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Roger and Rita Cloutier of Nashua, and Roland and Gladys Cloutier of Francestown; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Marie Hudon of Milford, and Frances and Norbert Hudon of Nashua; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Lotti and Roland Palucchi and Lillian and Armand Decoteau, all of Nashua; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Feb. 12 Infant Jesus Church, Nashua. Burial followed in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.The Farwell Funeral Service in Nashua is in charge of arrangements.