Elizabeth T. Gauthier

Elizabeth T. (Voutour) Gauthier, 110, of Northbridge, died peacefully on Friday, February 10, 2012, in Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Westborough.

Her husband of 45 years, Ulric Gauthier, died in 1973. She leaves a son, Edgar A. Gauthier, with whom she lived; nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Alice Drolet of South Grafton and by two brothers: Edward Voutour and Edgar Voutour, both of Northbridge. She was born in South Grafton on June 5, 1901, a daughter of the late Marcel and Olive (LeBlanc) Voutour and was raised there and educated in Grafton schools. She moved to Northbridge in 1959.

Mrs. Gauthier worked as a cloth inspector at Wuskanut Mills, South Grafton, for many years. She then worked as a hat decorator at the Kartiganer Hat Shop, West Upton, for several years.

She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Parish, Northbridge, and of its former Sodality of the Ladies of St. Anne. A supporter of the Diocese of Worcester Haitian Apostolate Adopt-A-Student Program, she has sponsored the Catholic education of a young Haitian girl in Les Cayes, Haiti. In 2010, she was honored by the Haitian Apostolate with its Humanitarian Award. At the time of her death, Mrs. Gauthier was ranked as the 64th oldest supercentenarian in the world by the Guiness Book of World Records.

Her funeral will be Wednesday, February 15, from Turgeon Funeral Home, 80 School St., Northbridge, with a Funeral Mass at 10:00 A.M. in St. Peter's Catholic Church, 39 Church Ave. She will then be buried beside her beloved husband in St. Patrick Cemetery, Whitinsville. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Tuesday, February 14, from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M.