Doris B. (Dube) Symonowicz, 80, of Pine Street died Friday, Aug. 29 in Quaboag on the Common Nursing Home in West Brookfield after a long illness.
Her husband Alfred M. Symonowicz died in 2007. She leaves a son Alan M. and his wife Maureen Symonowicz of Leicester, two daughters Michele M. Houston of San Diego, CA and Diane D. and her husband William T.Griffin of New Braintree, four grandchildren Alison Symonowicz, Charles J. Houston, IV, William T. Griffin, III and Whitney A. Griffin and several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by a son Mark S. Symonowicz, a sister Evelyn R. Levasseur and five brothers Francis A., Wilfred E., George E., Albert N. & Leon E. Dube.
Mrs. Symonowicz was born in Leicester daughter of Edmund E. and Myrtle A. (Tallman) Dube. She attended Leicester Public Schools. She was a clerk at Sexton Associates Inc. retiring in 1988, prior to that she worked for 28 years at Russell Manufacturing Co. in Leicester. She was a member of St. Pius X Church, the Democratic Town Committee, Senior Citizens Club of Leicester and Friends of the Elders.
The funeral will be held Tuesday, Sept. 2 from MORIN - MORRISON FUNERAL HOME, 1131 Main Street, Leicester with a Mass at 10:00 AM in St. Pius X Church, 1153 Main St., Leicester. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leicester. Calling hours are Monday, Sept. 1 from 3:00-5:00 PM. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's Assoc., MA Chapter, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472.