Rita Marie McCaie

Rita Marie (Cormier) McCaie, 95, of Gardner, died peacefully Tuesday, August 16, 2016 in Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, following a brief illness.
Born in Rogersville, N.B. Canada on March 29, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Philias and Roseanne (Caissie) Cormier.
Rita was a member of Annunciation Parish/Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church of Gardner.
She spent her life as a homemaker, devoted to raising her nine children. Rita's greatest joy in life was spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She enjoyed knitting socks, mittens and slippers, which she donated each year to the Holy Rosary Parish Bazaar. She also enjoyed playing cards and watching game shows on television. Rita was a loyal fan of the Montreal Canadiens, and enjoyed her yearly trips 'home' to Rogersville.
Rita was predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Jean-Baptiste McCaie, who died May 5, 2008.
She leaves four sons, Lionel J. McCaie and his wife Donna of Gardner, Yvon J. McCaie and his wife Jeannette of Gardner, Rheal McCaie and his wife Lucille of Gardner and Emery J. McCaie and his wife Linda of Gardner; four daughters, Geraldine M. Johnson and her husband Gilles of St. Louis, N.B. Canada, Fernand Collette and her husband Joseph of Gardner, Anne-Marie Belliveau and her husband Everard of Templeton and Sylvia LeBlanc and her husband Charles of Gardner; one brother, Alderic Cormer of Rogersville, N.B. Canada; one sister, Dorina Martin of Moncton, N.B. Canada; twenty grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Rita was predeceased by her son, Gerard J. McCaie who died in 2009; eight brothers, Gerard, Joseph, Lionel, Wilfred, Emile, Regis, Marcel and Fidele Cormier; and by one sister, Alida Babineau.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 20th from the Boucher Funeral Home, Inc., 110 Nichols Street, Gardner with a Mass at 11:00 a.m. in Annunciation Parish/Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, 135 Nichols Street, Gardner. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, Gardner.
Calling hours will be held Saturday, August 20th from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Family Academy, 135 Nichols Street, Gardner, MA 01440.

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