Sadie V. (Gates) Lavigne, 94, of Manchester, passed on September 17, 2019 at her home of natural causes.
She was born in Manchester on August 8, 1925 to Homer and Nina (McGall) Gates. She was a lifelong resident of Manchester.
Sadie had worked at Waumbec Mills in Manchester and privately as a house cleaner. She was a devout Christian and enjoyed knitting, cooking, camping, gardening, listening to loud music, baking cookies and animals. She especially enjoyed time spent with her family.
She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph W. Lavigne Sr. in 1993; seven children, Joseph, Linda, Sadie B., Joanne, Joey, Janet and Sadie N.; and three siblings, Phyllis Roberts, Ethel Holt and Nellie Richards
The family includes five children, Ruth Sampson and husband, Sam, of Manchester, Mary Clark of Candia, Mark Lavigne and wife, Soraya, of Laconia, Wayne Lavigne and wife, Kae-Lyn, of Greenville, TN and Evans Lavigne and wife, Crystal, of Manchester; many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; and cousins, nieces and nephews.
A funeral ceremony was held on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory, 1799 Elm St., Manchester. Committal prayers followed at Pine Grove Cemetery, Calef Road, Manchester.