Born in New Bedford, a daughter of the late Amedee and Zelia (Belliveau) Lestage she was a lifelong area resident.
In her younger years, she loved to go roller skating, which is where she met her husband, Armand who was also an avid skater. Lorette was a homemaker who cared for her three children. She enjoyed going to Royal Travelers Club at the VFW in Freetown and camping. Lorette loved to go shopping with her daughters and going out for lunch afterward.
She is survived by two daughters, Susan Miller and her husband Gary of Acushnet and Pauline Machado of New Bedford; five grandchildren, Michael Miller, Marc Miller, Thomas Machado, Tricia Miranda, and Tarrah Preusser; six great grandchildren, Alyssa, Riley, Nicholas, Brynlee, Ava, and Michael, Jr. and several nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Roland Barrieau; the mother-in-law of the late John Machado; the great grandmother of the late Peter Michael Walter Miller, and the sister of the late Juliette Labadie.
Her funeral will be 9 a.m. from the ROCK FUNERAL HOME, 1285 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford followed by a Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m.in St. Anthony of Padua Parish, 1359 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant St., New Bedford. For online tribute/directions: www.rock-funeralhome.com.
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