She was a graduate of Salem High School and Hesser College and began a career as an Executive Assistant. She worked at various organizations, including Hamilton Law Offices, ADP and the Farnum Center. Most recently, she and her husband Jay owned Bowlful, a small restaurant in Manchester, NH.
Lori and her husband Jay shared nearly 20 years of marriage and a deep love for one another. Together they created a blended family who came together to share family nights, celebrations big and small, and vacations. They enjoyed two decades of vacations to Wells Beach in Maine, Lori’s happy place. Lori loved her children immensely, but her greatest joy was being a Gigi to her 6 grandchildren. Family was very important to her and guided her every decision. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend and she will be missed terribly by all.
Lori is survived by her husband Gerard “Jay” Desmarais; her sons and daughters-in-law, Nicholas and Arianna Ferrara, and Matthew Ferrara and Lexi Connor; her daughters and sons-in-law, Chelsey and Bill Donahue and Amanda and Jonathan Tomasi; her grandchildren Amelia Tomasi, Kole Ferrara, Sawyer Donahue, Joey Ferrara, Carlie Ferrara and Adalynn Tomasi; her parents Roger Pilat and Susan Bergeron; her siblings Melissa Wall and her husband Bob and Roger Pilat and his wife Kati; her mother and father-in-law Lou and Susan Rodrigues and Gerard Desmarais; her brother-in-law Louie Rodrigues and his partner Haley; her special friend Karin Bernard and her bonus son Joey Nicolosi, as well as many nieces and nephews who she adored. Lori was predeceased by her stepfather Dick Bergeron and her sister-in-law Julie Garcia.
A visitation for Lori will be held Tuesday, June 4, 2024 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at McHugh Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 283 Hanover St, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104. A funeral mass will occur Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, 172 Belmont St, Manchester, New Hampshire. Following the funeral mass, a burial will take place at 1:30 PM at Pine Grove Cemetery, 765 Brown Ave, Manchester, NH 03103.
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