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Rita Desilets Obituary

MANCHESTER -- Rita Desilets, 91, formerly of 415 Cilley Road, died May 25, 2008, at Hillsborough County Nursing Home, following a period of declining health.

She was born in Manchester, April 25, 1917, of Oscar and Suzanne (Cote) Desilets and had been a lifelong resident of the city. She had been a long-time parishioner of St. Anthony Church and a member of St. Anne's Sodality.

Family members include several cousins along with many friends and acquaintances.

SERVICES: Relatives and friends may gather at St. Anthony Church on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Church, with burial to follow in St. Augustin Church.

Memorial donations may be made to Hillsborough County Nursing Home Patient Funds, 400 Mast Road, Goffstown 03045.

Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium is in charge of arrangements (www.phaneuf.net).

Published by Union Leader on May 28, 2008.

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