NORTH BILLERICA, Mass. – Priscilla Fournier Bilodeau, 87, a resident of Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley, 80 Boston Road, North Billerica, Mass., died July 3, after a long illness.

She was born in Lewiston, April 13, 1919, the daughter of Pierre and Celestine (Castonguay) Fournier. She attended Mexico schools and moved to Lewiston at the age of 16, where she began work in the local shoe and textile industry. Prior to moving to Massachusetts, she was a charter tenant of the Roak Block in Auburn for more than 20 years.

Survivors include a son, Gerard P. Bilodeau and his wife, Angela, of Florida; a daughter, Patricia Lavarnway and her husband, Leo, of Chelmsford, Mass.; a brother, Roger Fournier of Auburn; a sister, Juliette Simard of Auburn; a sister- in- law, Doris Fournier of Texas; three grandchildren, Karen Sacco and her husband, David, Lisa Lavarnway and Seth Bilodeau; one great-granddaughter, Marissa Sacco; and many nephews and nieces.