Diane Shirley “Mickey” Lavoie, 80, a lifelong Nashua resident and widow of John T. Lavoie, passed away peacefully, with her family by her side on Saturday evening, July 9, 2016 at Fairview Nursing Home in Hudson, after years of suffering with Alzheimer’s disease.
A daughter of the late Alfred and Anna (Gelinas) Farland, she was born in Nashua on November 20, 1935. Educated in local schools, Mickey was a graduate of Nashua High School Class of 1953. Mickey was a homemaker and had also worked for a time at the former J.F. McElwain Shoe Company and later as a cashier at the former Alexander’s supermarket.
A devoted wife and mother, she enjoyed time with her family, spending summers
at Highland Lake and winters in Brooksville, Florida. Mickey and her husband also fulfilled a lifelong dream of traveling by automobile to Alaska. An avid knitter, she owned and operated Mickey’s Yarn Shop and knitted and donated many mittens and baby bonnets. Mrs. Lavoie was a communicant of the former St. Francis Xavier Church and then St. Louis de Gonzague Church where she was active with the Bereavement committee.
In addition to her parents, Mickey was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, John T. Lavoie who passed away March 3, 2004; four brothers, Andrew, Armand, Alfred and Wilfred Farland; and her sister, Jeannette J. Dinan.
Mickey leaves behind a large close-knit family including her six children and their spouses, Robert and Denise Lavoie of Mason, Ronald and Mona Lavoie, Daniel and Carol Lavoie and Thomas Lavoie all of Nashua, Cynthia and William Hall and Rebecca and Peter Moore all of Litchfield; daughter-in-law, Helen Phillips; fourteen grandchildren, Jonathan Lavoie, Alyssa Havens, Tracey Farrell, Corinne Randal, Shawn Lavoie, Alison Hoitt, T.J., David and Aimee Lavoie, Jacob and Taylor Hall, Zachary, Ryan and Alexander Moore; eleven great-grandchildren; also brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Calling hours will be held at the FARWELL FUNERAL HOME, 18 Lock Street, Nashua, Tuesday, July 12th from 4 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Louis de Gonzague Church, 50 West Hollis Street, Nashua, Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend and will gather at the church. Donations may be made in her memory to the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Area Shelter, Quincy Street, Nashua, NH 03060. Arrangements are in the care of the FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE. (603) 882-0591. www.farwellfuneralservice.com
