CHICOPEE ~ Eileen F. (Laplante) Guilmette, 66, of the Fairview section of Chicopee, was Called Safely Home on Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24, 2018. She passed into Eternal Life at her home surrounded by the care and comfort of her loving family and her wonderful caregivers. She was born in Burlington, Vermont on September 6, 1952, a beloved daughter of Rachel M. (Jones) Laplante of Chicopee and the late Philip W. Laplante. She was raised in Holyoke, graduated from Holyoke High School and had lived in Holyoke until moving to Chicopee in 1978. She was a former communicant of the former Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and currently was a communicant of Sainte Rose de Lima Church, both in Chicopee. Eileen enjoyed bowling. Above all, she loved spending time with her loving family and her many dear friends. She leaves her beloved husband and best friend, David M. Guilmette. They were married on May 13, 1978 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Chicopee and were blessed with over 40 years of happiness together. In addition to her mother and her husband, she also leaves her two sisters, Betty M. Larson of Macks Creek, MO and Patricia A. Gallant of Chicopee; and her many dear brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends and extended members of the Guilmette, Laplante and Jones families. Her Funeral will be held on Saturday, December 29, 2018 beginning at the St. Pierre – Phaneuf Aldenville Chapels, (413-532-9806), 13 Dale Street, Chicopee, MA 01020, (funeral home will open at 7:30 a.m.), followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. at Sainte Rose de Lima Church, 49 Olsen Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her Burial will follow the Mass at Sainte Rose Cemetery, 49 Olsen Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, December 28, 2018 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The parking lot and main entrance are located in the rear of the funeral home at 20 Lafayette Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her family requests that memorial donations be made in her memory to the Sister Caritas Cancer Center, c/o Mercy Medical Center, 271 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104. For more details, please visit: www.stpierrephaneuf.com
