Lucie Morissette

Otis, MA Lucie (Riendeau) Morissette, 86, widow of Joseph Armand Morissette, whom she was married to for 50 years, died peacefully November 8, 2022 at her home with loving family by her side.

Lucie was born July 8, 1936 in Saint-Remi, Quebec, Canada a daughter of the late Henri and Yvonne Riendeau. Lucie was raised in Saint-Remi, Quebec and was a longtime resident of Naugatuck, CT, where she was a faithful parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church, a volunteer at the Naugatuck Senior Center and the Ecumenical Food Bank and a member of the Naugatuck Woman’s Club. Lucie worked at the footwear division of Uniroyal, Inc. and retired in 1998 from the Naugatuck Glass Company, where she worked for 20 years as a glass cutter.

Lucie is survived by her children, Suzie Nelson (Clark), Paul Morissette (Jeannine) and Lisa Chandler (Mike); her grandchildren, Jeromy Nelson (Beth), Corinne Crosswait (Scott), Erica Chandler, Ryan Nelson (Taylor), Danielle Stopper (Steven), Jessika Chandler and 13 great grandchildren; her brothers, George Riendeau and Norman Riendeau and many loving nieces and nephews from around the world. In addition to her husband and her parents, Lucie was predeceased by her granddaughter, Stacey Jenson and her brothers and sisters, Paul Aimee Riendeau, Alice Morissette, Beatrice Laplant, Rose-Aimee Lafleur and Louis-Remi Riendeau.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 10:00am at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 318 Church Street, Naugatuck, CT. Every one attending is kindly asked to please meet directly at church. Burial will follow in St. James Cemetery, Cross Street, Naugatuck, CT. There are no calling hours and arrangements have been entrusted to the Buckmiller Thurston Mengacci Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Avenue, Naugatuck, CT. In lieu of flowers and to honor Lucie’s memory, donations are requested to Mattatuck Volunteers, P.O. Box 257, Plymouth, CT 06782-0257 or to the American Legion Post 17, P.O. 226, Naugatuck, CT 06770.