Rita M. Lemieux

Milan, NH

Rita Marie (Stephenson) Lemieux of Milan Road died Friday, December 09, 2011 at St. Vincent de Paul Nursing Home in Berlin, NH. She was 75.

Born on July 1, 1936 in Gorham, NH, she was the daughter of Edward J. and Mary C. (McLain) Stephenson.

Rita grew up in Gorham and Berlin and was a graduate of St. Patrick's High School in Berlin.

She was employed as a seamstress at Gamm in Berlin and was a communicant of St. Kieran Church now known as St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish in Berlin.

Rita enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and card stamping. She will be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother.

Besides her parents, she is pre-deceased by a daughter Yvonne Mary Lemieux (1961), an infant grandson Paul Edward Lemieux, a brother Leslie E. Stephenson, and sisters: Lorraine Roy, Virginia Tardiff, and Kathleen Dolak.

She leaves her husband of 55 years Paul E. Lemieux of Milan

Two sons: Michael P. Lemieux and his wife Katherine of Berlin, Ernest A. Lemieux of Manchester, and a daughter Geralyn M. O'Brien and her husband William of Gorham, NH.

Grandchildren: Matthew E. Lemieux, Michael P. Lemieux, Jr., Bonnie A. Lemieux, Scotland W. O'Brien, and Alexander G. O'Brien.

Sisters: Vivian Boisselle of Berlin, NH and Cynthia Mortenson of West Milan, NH.

Several nieces and nephews.

A service will be held at 12 Noon Tuesday, December 13 in the Parlor of the Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High Street, Berlin, NH. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Berlin, NH.

Calling hours will be held from 10am-12Noon Tuesday at the funeral home prior to the service.

Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.