- LEOMINSTER -- Arlene T. (Champa) Bussiere, 86, of 94 Summer St., Fitchburg, formerly of 24 Mckinley St., Leominster, died Monday, Feb. 7, in Hillcrest Nursing Home, Fitchburg, after an illness. She was born in Fitchburg on May 20, 1918, the daughter of the late Michael and Giovannina (Carbone) Champa, and lived here all of her life.Mrs. Bussiere was employed at the former Cluet Peabody Company for 22 years as a seamstress.She was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Leominster and attended Fitchburg schools.She enjoyed entertaining her family and friends, bingo, and playing cards with her friends. She was a talented seamstress and enjoyed cooking, sewing and decorating her home. She sewed a teddy bear for each of her 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.Mrs. Bussiere leaves two sons, Richard F. Bussiere Jr. of Fitchburg and his wife, Donna L. and John Jack E. Bussiere and his wife, Susan, of Fitzwilliams, N.H.: one daughter, Darlene MacDonald and her husband, Larry, of Garland, Texas; two brothers, Anthony and Michael Champa, both of Fitchburg; 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and grandnieces and grandnephews. Her husband of 48 years, Richard F. Bussiere Sr., died on Dec. 23, 1990. She was also predeceased by one brother, Joseph Champa of Fitchburg, who died in 1987 and one sister, Cherina Kosakowski of Fitchburg, who died in 1998.BUSSIERE -- On Feb. 7, Arlene T. (Champa) Bussiere, 86, of Leominster. The funeral will be held on Saturday, Feb. 12, from the Fitchburg Chapel of the Sawyer-Miller-Masciarelli Funeral Home, (www.masciarellifamilyfuneralhomes.net), 129 Elm St., Fitchburg, with a Mass at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Lake Church, 1400 Main St., Leominster. Burial will be in St. Bernards Cemetery, Fitchburg. Calling hours at the funeral home are Friday, Feb. 11, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Flowers may be sent or memorial contributions made to the Alzheimers Foundation, 26 Cameron Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140; and can be left at the funeral home.Published in the Sentinel & Enterprise from 2/8/2005 - 2/9/2005.
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