Francis J. LAVOIE

PELHAM -- Francis J. Lavoie, 89, a Pelham resident and a retired machinist for the former Prince plant in Lowell, died Tuesday evening, Sept. 27, at the Lowell General Hospital. He was the husband of Evelyn E. (Racine) Lavoie, with whom he celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in January.He was born in Cambridge, Mass., on Sept.. 22, 1916, son of the late. Joseph and the late Alice (Beaumier) Lavoie. He graduated high school in Cambridge.Mr. Lavoie was a communicant of St. Patrick Church in Pelham.Before retirement, he was a machinist for more than 30 years at the Prince Macaroni Manufacturing Corp. in Lowell.He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and was a member of the Pelham Fish and Game Club. He also liked to watch the Boston Red Sox.Besides his wife, he is survived by a son-in-law, Mario Lemieux of Pelham; a daughter-in-law, Eleanor (Lavoie) Saucier of Chelmsford; two granddaughters, Darlene Lussier and her husband Edward of Chelmsford and Robin McCarthy and her husband Michael of Tewksbury.He also leaves a grandson, John F. Lemieux of Pelham; a sister, Theresa Cirone of Chelsea, Mass.; and many nieces and nephews.He was also the father of the late Doris E. Lemieux and Robert Lavoie. Published in the Lowell Sun on 9/29/2005.