Renee G. Lavine

She was born in Victoriaville, Quebec, on October 7, 1964, the daughter of Emilien and Nicole (Chainey) Boilard. She attended Chicopee High School in Massachusetts and earned her accounting degree from Bay Path College in Longmeadow, MA.

Most recently, she had been employed in the accounts payable department at Nashua Eye Associates.

Renee enjoyed hiking, baking and sewing, but her greatest joy was her family. She embodied the best example of motherhood. She, her husband and their four children were active in the local chapter of the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation for many years and were communicants of St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Bedford.

Above all else, Renee will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter, and sister who cherished time spent with family.

Family members include her husband of 26 years, Scott Lavine of Bedford; her children, Andrew Lavine of Boston, MA, Daniel Lavine of Campbell, CA, Timothy Lavine of Bedford, and Jessica Lavine of Bedford; her parents, Emilien Boilard of San Diego, CA and Nicole Boilard of Chicopee, MA; her brother, Pierre Boilard and wife, Jacqueline, of Austin, TX; her sisters, Andree Smith and husband, Jeremy, of Suffield, CT, Suzie Nolin and husband, Michael, of Uxbridge, MA, Lucy Campbell and husband, Scott, of Belchertown, MA; along with many nephews, nieces, cousins, and close friends.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Meetinghouse Road, Bedford.

Memorial donations may be made in Renee's memory to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.