Helen C. (Collette) Pelletier, 75

ASHBURNHAM - Helen C. (Collette) Pelletier, 75, of 59 Eastwood Circle, Gardner, formerly of 27 South Pleasant St., South Ashburnham, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 in the Leo P. LaChance Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, following a long illness.

Born in Gardner on Oct. 9, 1930, she was the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Goguen) Collette.

Helen was a member of Higher Ground Ministries, Gardner. She was an avid Boston Red Sox fan, and enjoyed playing bingo and knitting.

Helen leaves her husband of 55 years, Alfred J. Pelletier, of South Ashburnham; four sons, Eugene A. Pelletier and his wife, Sue, and Bernard J. Pelletier, all of South Ashburnham, Donald E. Pelletier and his wife, Jane, of Holden, Kenneth G. Pelletier and his wife, Marcia, of Gardner; three daughters, Leona P. Skehan and her husband, John P., of South Ashburnham, Cecelia A. Cormier and her husband, James, Gloria A. Auger and her husband, Robert, all of Gardner; one brother, Frances Collette of Florida; one sister, Katherine Minichiello of Florida; 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins.