Elaine C. DION

AGAWAM - Elaine C. Perreault, 76, beloved wife of Ernest R. Perreault passed away Monday July 18, 2005 in Agawam. The daughter of the late Lawrence and Loretta Dion she was born on July 19, 1928 in Ludlow. In addition to her husband of 58 years, she is survived by three sons, Larry and his wife Penny of Chicopee, Ernest T. and his wife Noreen of Windsor, CT and Christopher and his wife Terry of Springfield and her brother Raymond Dion and his wife Shirley of Chicopee. She will be missed by her six grandchildren, Lori, Larry, Timothy, Joseph, Conor and C.J. and her four great grandchildren, Gregory, Eric, Ashley and Colleen. Elaine was employed by Bay State Medical Center as a nurse retiring in 1993 after thirty years of service. She was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church and a member of it's Over 60 Club and a member of the American Bosch Retirement Club. The funeral will be Thursday at 9:30 AM at Colonial Forastiere Funeral Home, 985 Main St. Agawam, followed by a funeral mass at 10 AM in St. John The Evangelist Church, 823 Main St Agawam and burial at the convenience of the family in the Mass. Memorial Veterans Cemetery. Visiting hour will precede the funeral Thursday from 8:30 to 9:30 AM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Emergency Food Pantry at Old First Church, Court Square, Spfld., 01103. Published in The Republican from 7/20/2005 - 7/21/2005.