Rosaire LAVIGNE

LAVIGNE, ROSAIRE 'RAY', 74, of Carriage Cove Court, Coventry, died on Wednesday at his home after a brief battle with cancer. He was the beloved and devoted husband for 51 years of Yvette (Plante) Lavigne. He was born in West Warwick, a son of the late Omer and Sophie (Pelletier) Lavigne.He was a machinist at the Bostitch Company in East Greenwich for over 30 years before retiring in 1993 and later co-founded Lavigne Manufacturing in Cranston retiring in 1996.He was a Korean War Navy veteran. He was a very faithful communicant of SS. John & Paul Parish in Coventry and loved camping in his RV and chocolate candy, but most of all his wife and family.Besides his wife, he leaves five sons, Raymond and wife Rosemary, Gerard and wife Angela, David and wife Michelle, Daniel and wife Justine all of Coventry, and Robert and wife Karen of Scituate; grandfather of Michelle Mendonca, Jason, Christopher, Benjamin, Sarah, Amy, Jodie, and Katie Lavigne. He was the brother of the late Jeannette Petrangelo, Cecile Desrosiers, Frances Bourgette, and Gerard, Paul, and Leon Lavigne.The funeral will be held on Saturday at 8 a.m. from the R. Potvin & Son Funeral Home, 45 Curson Street, West Warwick with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. in SS. John & Paul Church, South Main Street, Coventry. Burial with military honors will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Greenwich. Visiting hours are Friday 5-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to either the Home & Hospice Care of RI, 169 George Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 or to the American Cancer Society, George Washington Highway, Lincoln, RI 02865.Published in The Providence Journal on 9/8/2005.