Annette JOYAL

MESSIER, ANNETTE, 100, formerly of Central Avenue Pawtucket died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Fernande Gaston, on Vine Street. She was the wife of the late Edouard J. Messier, Jr.Born in Manville, Rhode Island, a daughter of the late Albert and Delvina (Loranger) Joyal, she had been a resident of Pawtucket for the past seventy-five years. She was a devoted homemaker. A communicant of St. Cecilia Church, she was a member of the Third Order of Mary, the Reading Center and the Senior Citizens of the parish.Her survivors are one son, Roland Messier of Pawtucket, five daughters, Fernande Gaston and Lucine Cadieux, both of Pawtucket, Madeleine Malloney of Cumberland, Yvette Johansen of Venice, Florida and Aline Thompson of Providence, thirty-two grandchildren, fifty-eight great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. She was the mother of the late Andre Messier, Jeanne Swartz and Juliette Pise and the sister of the late Emilienne and Armand Joyal.The funeral will be held Monday at 9:00 a.m. from the Darlington Mortuary of L. Heroux & Son, 1042 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in St. Cecilia Church. Calling hours Sunday 3-8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Cecilia Church, Central Avenue, Pawtucket would be appreciated.Published in The Providence Journal on 3/5/2005.