Marcelle A. (Cox) Daignault, 85, died Thursday, May 28, 2009 at her home following a brief illness. She was the wife of William A. Daignault, Jr.
Born in Lawrence on November 6, 1923 she was the daughter of the late Owen F. and Antoinette (Belanger) Cox. She was raised in Lawrence and has resided in Bradford for the past sixty years. Marcelle had also once worked at the former Woolworth and Mal's Department Stores in Haverhill. She enjoyed reading, gardening, ceramics and especially spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband of nearly sixty years, she is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Charlene Bombard of Salisbury, Lucille and Joseph Stachulski of Haverhill and Marcelle and Donald Soini of Georgetown, a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Deborah Daignault of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, thirteen grandchildren, Michael Bombard, Laurie Zywiak, Jay Stachulski, Kristen Moore, Lisa Chase, Michelle, Jennifer and Christina Soini, Ashley Skidmore and Tara, Heather, Bobi and Allysa McBride, sixteen great-grandchildren, a brother, Bernard and his wife, Marie Cox, three brothers-in-law, Rodney Daignault, Donald and his wife, Brenda Daignault and Frank Rose, four sisters-in-law, Dorothy and her husband, Alan Sanville, Romaine Ingham, Diane Meuse and Marlene Hurley and many nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by her daughter, Lucile R. Daignault, two sons, William Daignault, III and Paul M. Daignault, a sister, Lucile Rose and a granddaughter, Sara Havolic.
Her funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday in Sacred Hearts Church, Bradford at 9 a.m. Visiting hours will be held today in the Linnehan-Grondin Funeral Home, 129 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill from 4 - 8 p.m. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. It is requested that because of Marcelle's caring and giving nature that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Sacred Hearts Church Food Pantry, 48 S. Chestnut St., Bradford, MA 01835 or to The Lighthouse Hospice Foundation, 529 Main St., Suite 123, Charlestown, MA 02129-1122. Interment will be held in the St. Joseph's Cemetery, Haverhill.