CHICOPEE – Theresa M. (Davio) Labrie, 94, of Chicopee, was Called Safely Home on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. She passed into Eternal Life at Mission Care at Holyoke surrounded by the care and comfort of her loving children. She was born in Northampton on November 26, 1928, a beloved daughter of the late Richard and Marguerite (Delaney) Davio. She was raised in Chicopee, graduated in 1948 from Cathedral High School in Springfield, and was a lifelong resident of Chicopee. She was employed
By Forbes and Wallace and later retired from Anderson Little as a Top Retail Salesperson. She was a communicant of Sainte Rose de Lima Church in Chicopee where she was a Eucharistic Minister for many years. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family and her many friends. She was predeceased by her beloved husband and best friend, Nelson E. Labrie who was Called Home on February 11, 2015. They were married on February 3, 1951 at Saint Patrick Church in Chicopee Falls and were blessed with over 64 years of happiness together. She leaves her five loving children, Joyce M. Giroux and her husband, David, of Chicopee, Catherine A. Deecher and her husband, Joseph, and Thomas C. Labrie and his wife, Beverly, all of South Hadley, Patricia A. Gamble and her husband, Robert, of the Villages, FL and Francis E. Labrie of West Springfield; her 11 cherished grandchildren; her 15 cherished great-grandchildren; and her many dear nephews, nieces, cousins, and extended members of the Labrie family. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her loving brother and two sisters, Richard Davio and Dorothy Salva and her husband, Joseph, and Lucille Rybak and her husband, John. Her Funeral will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 beginning at the St. Pierre – Phaneuf Aldenville Chapels, (413-532-9806), 13 Dale Street, Chicopee, MA 01020, (funeral home will open at 8:30 a.m.), followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. at Sainte Rose de Lima Church, 594 Grattan Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her Burial will follow the Mass at Sainte Rose Cemetery, 49 Olsen Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, May 1, 2023 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The parking lot and main entrance of the funeral home are located at 20 Lafayette Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Because of her great faith, her family has requested in lieu of flowers that Masses be offered for the repose of her soul or memorial donations be made in her memory to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104. For more details and to leave her family condolence messages, please visit: www.stpierrephaneuf.com