Rita J. Fauteux

Rita J. Fauteux March 6, 1931 -May 20, 2023
Putnam - Rita Jeannette Fauteux, Age 92, formerly of Sabin Street, Putnam CT died Saturday, May 20, 2023, at Brookdale on Eddy Pond in Auburn Mass where she had resided since March 2021. She was the loving wife for 53 years of the late Gatan Fauteux, who passed away on August 20, 2006. Born in Ste-Catherine de Kateville P.Q., Canada, she was the daughter of the late Wilfrid Lamoureux and Germaine (Choquette) Lamoureux.
Rita and her family immigrated to Rhode Island in 1966 and moved to Connecticut in 1969. She worked as a seamstress for many years. She was a member of the Putnam & Plainfield Senior Citizens Club, the Quinebaug Senior Center in Brooklyn and was a communicant of St. Mary Church.
Rita is survived by her daughter Lyne A. Grillo and her husband Jean-Pierre of Putnam, her brother Gilles Lamoureux of Magog P.Q. Canada, her twin sister Gamma Lavallee of Longueuil P.Q. Canada, her sisters Ccile Fontaine of Longueuil P.Q. Canada, Armelle Doucet of Magog P.Q. Canada and Bernadette Vaillancourt of Magog P.Q. Canada, her sister-in-law, Denise Lamoureux of Magog P.Q. Canada and her God-daughter Sandra Fontaine of St Jean-Sur-Richelieu P.Q. Canada, numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and special friend Alice Smith. In addition to her husband, Rita was predeceased by a daughter, Dominique J. Fauteux on April 7, 2020, and by her brothers, Ivan Lamoureux and Andr Lamoureux.
Rita also leaves to mourn her passing her special family at Brookdale on Eddy Pond East, especially Karen B. and Jennifer H. and all the associates. The family extends their appreciation to everyone at Brookdale for the genuine love shown to Rita and her family. Rita was heartbroken that she would not live long enough to see Katlyn and Emily's baby girls.
Rita's Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary Church of the Visitation, 218 Providence St., Putnam, CT. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Putnam. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gilman-Valade Funeral Homes and Crematory, 104 Church Street, Putnam. For memorial guestbook visit www.GilmanAndValade.com.