Antoinette Giguere

PITTSFIELD -- Antoinette P. Giguere, 84, of 11 Day St. died Thursday at home.

Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 11, 1923, daughter of Domenico Pizzuto Sr. and Francesca Pitingola Pizzuto, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1942.

Mrs. Giguere was employed by the Pittsfield School Department from 1962 to 1989 as a matron and as a paraprofessional for special education, retiring in 1989.

She was a communicant of Mount Carmel Church and a member of its Ladies' Guild. She was also a member of the Sons of Italy Itam Lodge 564. She enjoyed bowling, playing pitch, cooking and reading.

Her husband, Harry L. Giguere, whom she married June 20, 1942, at Mount Carmel Church, died Feb. 16, 1994.

She leaves a son, Gerald J. Giguere of Pittsfield; a daughter, Frances M. Broderick of Dalton; two brothers, William Pizzuto of Pittsfield and Thomas Pizzuto of Pittsfield and Naples, Fla.; four sisters, Josephine Bonneau of Pittsfield, Emma Dobrowolski of Pittsfield, Susie DiGrigoli of Lee and Delores Albano of Naples; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

A son, Harry L. Giguere Jr., a former Pittsfield Police officer, died April 6, 2004.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Antoinette P. Giguere, who died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at Mount Carmel Church by the Rev. Charles E. Dolan, CSS. Burial will be in the family plot at St. Joseph's Cemetery at a later date. Calling hours will be Monday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at FLYNN & DAGNOLI-BENCIVENGA FUNERAL HOME, 5 Elm St. She also leaves a daughter-in-law, Katherine Giguere, and a son-in-law, John M. Broderick. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Mount Carmel Church in care of the funeral home. She was predeceased by two brothers, Frank Pizzuto and Domenico Pizzuto Jr., and by six sisters, Pauline Kellogg, Sylvia Doucette, Lucy M. Strona, Rose Farina, Mary Furey and Lena Adriance.