METHUEN – Rita M. (Gaudette) DeFusco, age 75 died Sunday October 8, 2006 at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook, New Hampshire.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, she attended st. Mary’s Grammar School in Lawrence and was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School with the Class of 1948. She also attended Emmanuel College in Boston, MA. She was an attendant of st. Lucy’s Church in Methuen, MA. She was an executive secretery with Merrimack College in North Andover for over 15 years.
She was a supporter of the M.S.P.C.A., she was an avid reader and was a very dedicated wife, who cared for her husband Alfred until his death after a long illness.
The widow of Alfred DeFusco, she leaves 1 daughter Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan and her husband Stephen of Methuen.
1 sisters-in-law Mary Ann DeFusco of Trumbull, CT, Rose DeFusco Cavallaro of Houston, TX and Mary DeFusco Alderman of Worthington, Ohio.
Several nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: At the request of the family there are no calling hours. Family and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass on Thursday at 11:00a.m. at St. Lucy’s Church in Methuen, MA. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery also in Methuen, MA. Arrangements are under the direction of the Pollard Funeral Home, Inc., 233 Lawrence Street Methuen, MA 01844.