Priscilla Rejeanne (Comeau) Viens
Priscilla Rejeanne (Comeau) Viens, 88, of Hudson, NH, passed away peacefully at Fairview Nursing Home on December 26, 2024 of natural causes after a long battle with dementia.
She was born in Nashua, NH on January 19, 1936, the daughter of the late Benjamin J. Comeau and Marie Anna (Chenard) Comeau. Priscilla attended local schools in Nashua, NH and graduated from St. Louis High School in 1954. After graduation, she started work for the former Sportwelt Shoe Co. as an inspector. In the 1970’s and 1980’s, she was employed by the former Scottie Industries sneaker factory and the former Fashion Flair tie factory.
She was a communicant of St. Kathryn’s Church and later, St. John the XXIII Parish.
She enjoyed camping, working on jigsaw puzzles and liquid embroidery projects.
She met the love of her life, Leo Viens, and they were married in 1957. They were married for 49 years when he died in 2006.
Priscilla is survived by her sister, Joan (Comeau) Lavoie and her husband David Lavoie of Nashua; three sons, Daniel Viens and his late wife, Marilyn of Nashua, Michael Viens and his late wife, Gayle of Londonderry, NH, and Roger Viens and his wife, Shawn (Flanagan) Viens of Pittsfield, NH; and her daughter, Elaine (Viens) (Davidson) Diorio, and her husband Edward Diorio of Nashua; three grandchildren, Laura (Davidson) Ferullo and her husband Patrick Ferullo, of Nashua, Stephen Viens and his wife Linda Diane (Allen) Viens of Easley, SC, and Crystal (Viens) Sprague and her husband, Bryan Sprague of Rochester, NH; four step-grandchildren, Richard Davidson of Brattleboro, VT, Jessica (Gaudet) Whiting and her husband, Wallace Whiting, Justin Flanagan and his wife, Racheal Flanagan, and Apryl (Forest) Goodwin and her husband, Chris Goodwin; also several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her sister, Theresa (Comeau) Levesque, the Reverend Gerard Comeau, MS of Siador-Silleda, Spain, and her step-grandson, Gordon Davidson.
Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, January 2nd from 4pm-6pm in the Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home, 50 Ferry Street in Hudson. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday January 3rd at 10am in Immaculate Conception Church, 216 East Dunstable Road in Nashua. All may please meet at church. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Hudson. The family requests in lieu of flowers a donation be made in Priscilla’s loving memory to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org.To share an online message of condolence please visit www.dumontsullivan.com The Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home in Hudson is in charge of arrangements.