Cecile BLANCHETTE

FITCHBURG -- Cecile Blanchette, 60, of 1199 John Fitch Highway, died Wednesday Dec. 14, in Birchwood Care Center. She was born on Sept. 7, 1945, in Leominster, the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Exilda (LeBlanc) Blanchette.She was a member of the ARC of North Central MA and the North Worcester County Association for the Mentally Retarded.Mrs. Blanchette leaves her two sisters, Lorraine A. Blanchette of Fitchburg and Noella McDowell and her husband, James, of New York; her three brothers, Ray Blanchette and his wife, Lillian, of Boothbay, Maine, Henry Blanchette and his wife, Dianna, of Leominster, and Paul Blanchette and his wife, Mary Jane, of Bennington, N.H.; nieces and nephews.BLANCHETTE -- On Dec. 14, Cecile Blanchette, 60, of Fitchburg. The funeral will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, from Brandon Funeral Home, 305 Wanoosnoc Road, Fitchburg, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Cecilia’s Church, 180 Mechanic St., Leominster. Burial will follow in St. Cecilia’s Cemetery. A calling hour will precede the Mass Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the ARC of North Central MA, 564 Main St., Fitchburg, MA 01420, or may be left at the funeral home.Published in the Sentinel & Enterprise from 12/15/2005 - 12/16/2005.