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Joyce A. (Kitson) St. Onge, 75, of Merrimack, New Hampshire, formerly of Pelham, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2026, at Pleasant View Center in Concord.
She was the beloved wife for 36 years of Edgar R. St. Onge, who survives her.
Born in Lawrence, MA, April 2, 1950, the daughter of the late Joseph and the late Johanna (Martin) Kitson, she graduated from Tenney High School in Methuen, MA, in the class of 1968.
For many years, Joyce worked as a Real Estate Agent for Yameen Real Estate in Lawrence, MA. Previously, she had worked at the former Community Savings Bank, also in Lawrence.
In her spare time, she enjoyed gardening and traveling.
Besides her husband, Edgar, she is survived by a stepdaughter, Nicole R. St. Onge of Barnstead, NH; two sisters, Corinne Damsgaard and her husband James of Vero Beach, FL, and Joanne Bourassa and her husband Richard of Ft. Pierce, FL; a brother, Joseph Kitson of Tewksbury, MA; and four nieces and nephews, Shawn Kitson and his wife Meghan of Loudon, NH, Richard Bourassa and his wife Joy of Prairieville, LA, Maryann Geoffrey and her husband Don of Fremont, NH, and Timothy Bourassa and his wife Kelly of Gardiner, ME.
Friends may call for her Memorial Visitation on Monday, February 9, 2026, at the PELHAM FUNERAL HOME 11 NASHUA RD. in PELHAM from 4 to 6 P.M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Mass to be celebrated on Tuesday morning at ST. PATRICK CHURCH in PELHAM at 11:00 A.M. (please meet at church). Her burial will be held privately for the family at a later date. E-condolences/directions at www.pelhamfuneralhome.com. Those wishing may make contributions in her memory to the Alzheimer's Assn. at www.alz.org/donate. Arrangements by Funeral Director James F. O’Donnell, Jr. (603) 635-3333.
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