MANCHESTER - Lucille Marie (Boisclair) Lachance, 93, formerly of 299 Sagamore St, Manchester, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005, in Elliot Hospital after a period of declining health.

Born Aug. 18, 1911, in Manchester, she was the daughter of Joseph D. and Marie (Perreault) Boisclair. She was raised in Laconia and moved to the Manchester area at the age of 18. She had lived at Villa Crest Nursing Facility for the past eight months.

Mrs. Lachance was a coil cutter with Osram-Sylvania. She had previously worked many years at Arms Textiles.

She was a member of AARP.

The widow of Louis F. Lachance, who died in April 2004, she is survived by two sisters, Alice Lavoie of Epping and Rita Gagnon of Manchester; and many nephews, nieces, and cousins.

Calling hours will be held Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory, 1799 Elm St, corner of North St, Manchester.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Catherine Church with the Rev. Raymond Gagnon officiating. Burial will follow in N.H. State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen