Laconia-----Margaret Elizabeth Durocher, 91, of 175 Blueberry Lane, died at the Laconia Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. She was the widow of Lawrence Durocher who died September 12, 2008 in Florida.
Mrs. Durocher was born January 18, 1921 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of Thomas and Theresa F. (Littlefield) Rhodes. She was raised in Laconia and was a communicant of St. Joseph Church. She had been employed as a seamstress for Jacques Awning and Glass for a number of years. She and her late husband later resided in Port St. Lucie, Florida for a number of years.
Survivors include a son, Richard Thompson, of Laconia, N.H.; a daughter, Elizabeth “Betty” Daigneault, of Laconia; five grandchildren, John, Steven, Peter & Jeffrey Drouin and Rich Thompson; fifteen great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; one brother, Frederick Rhodes, of Lancaster, N.H. and many nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was predeceased by her first husband, Roland A. Thompson, Sr., by a son, Roland A. Thompson, Jr. and by six brothers, Edward Rhodes, Alfred Rhodes, Thomas Rhodes, John Rhodes, Joseph Rhodes and James Rhodes and by a sister, Mary Nadeau.
A calling hour will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 from 9:30-10:30AM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated following the calling hour at 11:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish at St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5 Bedford Farms Drive Suite 201, Bedford, NH 03110
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.