Obit of MERILDA (DAIGLE) LAVIGNE, 95, THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL Providence, RI 2.8.2002 00:13 MERILDA (DAIGLE) LAVIGNE - North Smithfield MERILDA (DAIGLE) LAVIGNE, 95, of Mendon Road, a homemaker, died Wednesday 6 Feb. 2002, at St. Antoine Residence. She was the wife of the late Romeo Lavigne. Born in St. Ferdinand D'Halifax, (Megantic) Province of Quebec, a daughter of the late Ludger and Eva (Cote) Daigle, she had lived at St. Antoine since 1996, previously living in West Warwick. Before arriving in the United States in 1928, she was a school teacher in a one-room school house in Canada. Mrs. Lavigne was an honorary member of Ladies of St. Anne of St. John Church. She leaves a son, J. Reynald Lavigne of White Plains, N.Y.; two daughters, Lucille Provencher of Victoriaville, Province of Quebec, and Jeannine Picard of Cumberland; three brothers, Bernardin, Aurelien and Bertrand Daigle, all of Montreal, Canada; and 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Albert, Donat, Wilfrid and Honorius Daigle, Diana Blondeau, Rose Fortier, Annette Lanoix and Irene Corriveau, and grandmother of the late Peter Picard. The funeral and burial will be private.