Antoinette Feeney
Antoinette (Proteau) Feeney, 96, died peacefully on Thanksgiving Day Nov. 22, surrounded by her family at Saints Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Raymond O. Feeney. Formerly the wife of the late Gerard Elie.
Antoinette was born in Lowell on June 24, 1911 the daughter of the late Joseph and Louisa (Champoux) Proteau.
She was raised, educated and worked in Lowell. She worked at the Lowell Mills, the Lowell Shoe Manufacturing Company as a shoe painter and she also worked at Wang Laboratories. She was a communicant of St. Michael’s Church. For fourteen years she was a foster grandparent at the Robinson School until her retirement at age 85. For ten years Antoinette also continued to work with her daughter, Pauline making memorial rosaries. She was known as an avid Red Sox Fan, enjoyed music, talking politics and visiting her sisters.
She is survived her son and daughter in law Roger Elie and his wife Luz Alba, two daughters and two son in laws Theresa Goyette and her husband Edward of Lowell, Pauline Barbieri and her husband Bernard of Tewkbury. Two sisters and brother in laws Loretta Morin of Dracut, Lillian Bellemare and her husband Marcell of Dracut, Edward LaFortune of Dracut. A sister in law Jeanette Proteau of Hudson, NH. Nine grandchildren Sharon Cash, Linda Szablak, Ed Goyette Jr., Joseph Barbieri, Debbie Doucette, Paula Stewart, Melissa and Elizabeth Barbieri, Cynthia and Timothy Elie. Seventeen great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Sister of the late Lydia Barthel, Bernadette Fissette, Arthur Proteau, Lena Baillargeon, and Lorain Lafortune.
Her funeral mass was celebrated on Tuesday, Nov. 27, in St. Michael’s Church, Lowell. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, Chelmsford.