Annette Irene Richardson

May 15, 1938 - September 2, 2016

ANNETTE I. RICHARDSON1938 � 2016HOLYOKE- Annette (Labonte) Derry Richardson, 78, entered into peace and rest on Friday, September 2, 2016 while maintaining her humor and love of life while battling cancer. Her smile and gentle touch will be missed by all of her family and friends and will leave a legacy of caring for others. She was born in Holyoke, on May 15, 1938 a daughter of the late Raymond and Maybelle (LaValley) Labonte and educated in Holyoke Schools. She worked for many years as a home health aide and retired from the Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association in 1992 after dedicating 10 years to the health care community. She is survived by her husband, Ernest R. Richardson of Holyoke. She leaves behind her seven children, Richard Yvon of Hampden, MA; Debra Bowie of Holyoke; David Yvon of Holyoke: Nora Yvon of Chicopee: Kevin Brown of Los Angeles, CA; Henry Brown of Holyoke and Joseph Derry of Chicopee. She will be missed dearly by her adored 11 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren as well as her nieces and cousins. She also leaves a sister, Teresa Houle of East Longmeadow. Annette enjoyed traveling, celebrating the holidays with family, entertaining everyone and giving of herself to help anyone in need. She now joins her son Keith Brown who predeceased her on January 21, 1988 and a sister, Lorraine Mas who passed in 2009. Life Celebration hours will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 from 4-7PM at Messier Funeral Home, 1944 Northampton St., Holyoke, MA 01040. A funeral home service will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 9:30AM at Messier�s with a burial to follow in Notre Dame Cemetery, So. Hadley. Please visit www.messierfuneralhome.com for more details. You are using an outdated web browser that does not support this video. Your browser does not support this video format. You should be able to view it in Chrome, Safari or Internet Explorer. $(document).ready(function(){ if ( false === supports_h264_baseline_video() ) { $("#vdfmtnt").show(); $("#vidplyr1").hide(); } });