CHICOPEE – Rita M. (Gagnon) Child, 94, of the Fairview section of Chicopee, was Called Safely Home on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. She passed into Eternal Life at Country Estates of Agawam surrounded by her loving family and her wonderful caregivers. She was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on August 22, 1920, a beloved daughter of the late Hector and Marie (Ouellette) Gagnon. She was raised in Dover, NH and was a graduate of Dover High School. Following her graduation, she moved to Chicopee and had lived in Hampden for 45 years before returning to Chicopee in 2010. She was employed for 28 years as a social worker for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance and had worked in the Food Stamps Department, retiring in 1980. She was a communicant of Saint Anne Church in Chicopee and was a former member of the Lioness Club in Hampden and the Hampden Garden Club. She leaves her loving daughter, Candace L. Child, and her great grand niece, Cheyenne Gagnon, both of Chicopee with whom she lived; her dear sister, Irene Avery of Shelton, CT; and her many dear nephews, nieces, cousins, friends and extended members of the Child and Gagnon families. Besides her parents, she was also predeceased by her dear brother, Omer Gagnon; and her dear sister, Gertrude Frederick. Her funeral will be held on Friday morning, May 15, 2015 beginning at the St. Pierre – Phaneuf Fairview Chapels, (413-533-3307), 506 Britton Street, Chicopee, MA 01020, (funeral home will open at 9:30 a.m.) followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Saint Anne Church, 30 College Street, Chicopee. 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 Thursday evening, May 14, 2015 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The parking lot is located in the rear of the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to the Valley Opportunity Council Senior Companion Program, 63 West Street, Chicopee, MA 01013. For more details, please visit: www.stpierrephaneuf.com