Barbara R. DESMARAIS

ALLENSTOWN -- Barbara R. (Desmarais) Lavoie, 92, a lifelong resident of the Allenstown-Pembroke area, died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, at Harris Hill Health Care Center in Concord after a long illness. The daughter of Arthur L. and Eva (Grenier) Desmarais, Mrs. Lavoie was born in Allenstown on Aug. 1, 1913. She was a homemaker, but she had also worked as a seamstress and as an assistant librarian for the Pembroke Library. She was a communicant of St. John the Baptist Church and involved with the Ladies of St. Anne and the St. Theresa Rosebush Society. She was also a member of the Suncook Senior Center and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Suncook Valley VFW Post. She had traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe and also enjoyed reading, painting, and sewing. She was the widow of Edgar J. Lavoie, who died in 1981; and is survived by three sons, Paul E. Lavoie of Citrus Springs, Fla., Maurice Lavoie of Pembroke and Pierre C. Lavoie of Dover; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Veronique Desmarais of Allenstown; and nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held todayfrom 6 to 8 p.m. at Petit Funeral Home, 167 Main St., Pembroke. A prayer service will be held during calling hours at 6:30 p.m. by members of the Ladies of St. Anne and the St. Theresa Rosebush Society. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated tomorrow at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Church in Allenstown Burial will follow at St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. John the Baptist Renovation Fund, 10 School St., Suncook 03275; or Tri-Town Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 219, Suncook 03275. For more information, visit http://www.petitfuneralhome.com.