Florence Rita LAVENTURE

FITCHBURG -- Florence Rita Laventure, 84, of The Bella Vista Apartments, John Fitch Highway, died Thursday evening, Feb. 3, in her home. She was born on Nov. 6, 1920, in Rollinsford, N.H., the daughter of Edward C. and Marie Clara (Mailhot) Laventure, and lived in Fitchburg all her life. She was a 1939 graduate of Fitchburg High School.Ms. Laventure worked for 40 years for the former General Electric Co. in Fitchburg. At the time of her retirement in January 1983 she was a secretary in the Engineering Department. She was a member of the General Electric Quarter Century Club. She was a life member of Immaculate Conception Church.Ms. Laventure leaves two step-nieces, Mrs. Marguerite Emerson of Rochester, N.H., and Irene Clifford of Nashua, N.H.; one step-grandniece; three step-grandnephews; one step-great-grandniece; and many cousins. She also leaves her caregiver, Marylis A. Bramante of Sterling; and many dear friends. She was predeceased by her parents and a stepbrother, Joseph Gagnon of Rochester, N.H.LAVENTURE -- On Feb. 3, Florence Rita Laventure, 84, of Fitchburg. The funeral will be held Thursday morning from Lavery-Chartrand Funeral Home, 99 Summer St., with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church, 58 Walnut St., Fitchburg. Burial will follow in the family lot in St. Bernard’s Cemetery, off of St. Bernards Street, Fitchburg. Calling hours in the funeral home are Thursday morning preceding the funeral from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.Published in the Sentinel & Enterprise from 2/5/2005 - 2/7/2005.