Rita M. Saucier

Rita Saucier, 95, of Berlin, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at the St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. Rita was born in Berlin, NH on March 10, 1930 and was the daughter of the late Adelard and Emma (Turcotte) Rivard. She was a graduate of Notre Dame High School and a lifelong resident of the area. Prior to her retirement, Rita had been employed as a deli manager for both Butson's Supermarket and the IGA over the years. She enjoyed playing cribbage and card games, bingo, horse races, trips to Foxwoods, California and Oregon, and time spent at Old Orchard Beach. Her favorite motto was, “I Love You More”.

Family includes her children Patricia Collopy and husband Chuck of Lake Oswego, OR, Elaine Martineau and husband Raymond of Gorham, NH, and Janet Mercier and husband Jeff of Berlin; four grandchildren Lauren Collopy and husband Tim Gately, Sean Collopy and wife Jessica Collopy, Jennifer Cash and husband Eric Cash, and Jason Mercier and wife Ella Mercier; three great-grandchildren Lila & Colby Cash and Brooks Collopy; her sister Suzanne Magoon of Campton, NH, and her brother Roger Rivard of Berlin; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband Patrick Saucier, her son Ronald Saucier, and her siblings George, Paul, Andre, Raymond, and Richard Rivard, Madeline Napert, and Jeannette Lariviere.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, November 3, 2025 at 1PM at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish, 345 Pleasant St., Berlin. Interment will follow in St. Kieran Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin, from 10:30AM - 12:30PM, prior to the mass. Those who wish may make donations in Rita's memory to the St. Vincent de Paul Activities Fund, 29 Providence Ave., Berlin, NH 03570. Memories and condolences may be shared online at www.bryantfuneralhome.net.