Rita Dugas

Gorham, NH

Mrs. Rita Dugas of Lancaster Road in Gorham, NH. passed away Saturday Morning (June 18, 2011) at Androscoggin Valley Hospital. She was 88.

Born on September 13, 1922 in Berlin, NH, she was the daughter of William & Marie Louise (Jobin) Ste Croix.

She was a lifelong resident of the Berlin/Gorham area, she attended Guardian Angel school and was employed in the Tower Room at the Cascade Mill, until 1951 when she became a full time homemaker, she married Paul Dugas and together raised their son.

She was a member of Guardian Angel Church which is now known as St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish as well as a member of the VFW Ladies Auxilliary for Sixty years.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she is pre-deceased by three brothers Wilfred, George and Rene Ste. Croix

Four sisters Lauretta Ste. Croix, Carmala Ste Croix and Annette Hamel and Beatrice Ste. Croix.

Survivors include a son: Robert Dugas and his wife Cathleen of Kittery, Maine, a sister Claire St Onge formally of Gorham, NH now residing at Coos County Nursing Home, three grandchildren Daniel, Michael and Christina of Maine, two great grandchildren Emile and Daniel and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am Friday, June 24, 2011 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish in Berlin. Rev. Steven M. Lepine will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Kieran Cemetery in Berlin.

Calling hours will be held prior to the Mass from 9:00 to 10:30 am at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High St., Berlin, NH (Using the School Street entrance).

Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.