- NEWPORT - Pauline M. Decato, 73, of 44 Summer St., died at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon on Sunday, June 28, 2009. Mrs. Decato was the widow of Leo T. Decato who died in 1989.
Mrs. Decato was born Feb. 15, 1936, in Laconia, the daughter of Hercules and Julia (Toutant) Gagne.
Mrs. Decato lived in Tilton for a number of years before moving to Newport six years ago. She had been employed at the Laconia State School and Training Center of more than 20 years.
Mrs. Decato is survived by two sons, Michael T. Decato of Palmetto, Fla., and Robert P. Decato of Hubert, N.C.; a daughter, Bernadine Sturtevant, of Newport; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Norman Gagne of Largo, Fla., and Gerald Gagne of Zephyrhills, Fla.; two sisters, Alice Ferland of Rochester, and Shirley Cloutier of Coco Beach, Fla., and Belmont; and many nephews and nieces.
Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, from 5-8 p.m. at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, using the Whipple Avenue Entrance. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph Parish, 96 Main St., Belmont, on Thursday, July 2, 2009, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in the family lot in St. Lambert Cemetery, Laconia.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is in charge of the arrangements.
Published in Citizen from June 30 to July 1, 2009
(Ref photo of Pauline attached to her obituary)
U.S., Social Security Death Inde
Name: Pauline Margarite Decato
Last Residence: 03773 Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire
BORN: 15 Feb 1936
Died: 28 Jun 2009
State (Year) SSN issued: New Hampshire (1951-1952)
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