Martha Rosanna DOUCETTE

CUMMING, GA— Martha Rosanna (Doucette) Auger, 81, died Thursday morning, Nov. 24, after a short stay in Haven House Hospice in Atlanta, GA, following an illness and in the presence of her devoted husband of nearly 59 years, Francis Auger, and their loving family. Born July 6, 1924, in Winthrop, MA, to the late Albert and Rosanna Doucette, Mrs. Auger attended Holy Rosary Grammar School in Gardner and graduated from Gardner High School. A graduate of Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1946, she was a registered nurse at Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital, a private-duty nurse for a number of years, and later, became a full-time homemaker. She married Francis Auger on May 24, 1947, in Holy Rosary Church in Gardner. They lived in Winchendon, Rutland, and for many years in Gardner, before moving to Atlanta in 1990 and to Cumming in January 2001. Besides her husband, she is survived by four children and their spouses: James F. (and Diana Scott) Auger of Sterling; Janice M. (and Michael) Carroll of Dublin, OH; Caroline M. (and Frank) Akers of Cumming, GA; and Martha A. (and Lawrence) Brideau of Atlanta; six grandchildren: Cynthia (and husband Stephen) Locker of Dublin, OH; Chelsea Curl, Matthew and Curtis Brideau, all of Atlanta; Sarah Curl of Cumming; and KC Scott of Framingham; and two great-grandchildren: Scott and Chloe Locker of Dublin. She also leaves her sister and brothers and their spouses: Stella (and Joseph) Kacian and Albert (and Rena) Doucette, all of Gardner; and Frederick (and Eleanor) Doucette of Lunenburg; nieces and nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and a great-grandniece. After her cremation, a funeral Mass was held Nov. 26 in St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church in Cumming, GA. There will be a memorial Mass for her at 10 a.m. Saturday Dec. 17 in Holy Spirit Church, 45 Metcalf St., Gardner. Internment is planned at Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Winchendon. Contributions in her memory may be made to Vitas Haven House Hospice, 5411 Northland Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30342.