Elizabeth R. "Betty" Needham

GARDNER – Elizabeth “Betty” R. (Bourgette) Needham, 84 of Gardner passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017 in UMASS Medical Center, University Campus, Worcester surrounded by her children and their spouses. Elizabeth was born on December 28, 1932 in Nashua, NH, the daughter of the late Henry Bourgette and the late Rosina (McLellan) Bourgette. She attended Fitchburg High School. She was a volunteer with Cub Scout Pack 28, little league, Heywood Hospital and the Gardner Senior Center. She was predeceased by her husband Leslie E. Needham in 2009, her step son Leslie E. Needham Jr; brothers: Raymond, George, Bill; sisters: Rita, Lorraine, Elsie and Dorothy. She is survived by her children: Richard Needham of Westborough, Michael Needham of Gardner, Diane Caisse of Holden, Kelly Ouellet of Gardner, Dale Despres of Westminster; step-daughter: Jean Needham of Winchendon; one brother, John Morin; seventeen grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 19, 2017 at 1 p.m. in the Lamoureux-Fletcher & Smith Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, 111 Glenallen St., Winchendon, MA. Calling hours will be held Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 5-8p.m. and on Friday, May 19, 2017 from 11 a.m – 1 p.m. in the funeral home. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.mackfamilyfh.com Lamoureux-Fletcher & Smith – A Mack Family Funeral Home, 105 Central St., Gardner is directing arrangements.