Alice Malley WALSH
Obituary

Ashburnham:Alice “Allie” M. (Walsh) Collette, 84, of 15 Wood Path, Ashburnham, died Tuesday(Dec.20) in HealthAlliance Leominster Hospital, after a lengthy illness.

She leaves her husband of 58 years, Paul H. Collette Sr.:one son, Paul H. Collette Jr., and his wife, Anne, of Pawcatuck, Ct.;four daughters, Kathleen L. Horton, and her husband, David, of North Truro, Ma., Lois C. Allen, and her husband, David, of Saco, Maine, Jane LaPointe, and her husband, Robert, of Fitchburg, and Susan M. Rexford, and her husband, Richard, of Ashburnham;seven grandchildren, Brian R. and Elyssa J. Lapointe, David P. and Sarah Allen and Matthew, John and Emily Collette;and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers, Philip, Frederick A., and Paul V. Walsh and one sister, Mariam S. Walsh.

Mrs. Collette was the Founder and Manager of the John J. Nissen Baking Outlet on Airport Road in Fitchburg, retiring in 1973, after 20 years.

She was a member of St. Denis Parish in Ashburnham and formerly was a member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in West Fitchburg. She was a 1939 graduate of Fitchburg High School, and enjoyed knitting and sewing and was an avid reader and was a former Girl Scout Leader.

She was born in Fitchburg, Ma., on September 2, 1921, a daughter of the late Frederick A., and Alice (Malley) Walsh, and lived in Fitchburg until buying a summer home on Lower Neaukeg in Ashburnham in 1951, and later made it her permanent home in 1973, and lived there ever since.

The Funeral will be held on Friday(Dec.23) from the Smith-Mallahy-Masciarelli Funeral Home (www.masciarellifamilyfuneralhomes.net) 243 Water St., Fitchburg, with a Mass at 11:00 a.m. in St. Denis Church, 85 Main St., Ashburnham, Ma.
Burial will be at a later date in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Winchendon, Ma.

Calling hours at the Funeral Home are 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday(Dec. 22).

Flowers may be sent or memorial contributions may be made to the Gordon E. Erickson Ashburnham Ambulance Fire Rescue Fund, 12 Memorial Drive, Ashburnham, Ma. 01430 or to the Stevens Memorial Library, 2 Memorial Drive, Ashburnham, Ma. 01430 or may be left at the Funeral Home.

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