In Memory of

Yvette

Alice

Fillmore

(Roy)

Obituary for Yvette Alice Fillmore (Roy)

Yvette Alice (Roy) Fillmore, 95, of Simsbury, wife of the late Elmer Charles Fillmore, died Monday, May 13, 2019 at Cherry Brook Health Care Center in Canton. She was born November 23, 1923 in Winooski, VT, daughter of the late Joseph and Roselia (Blais) Roy and had lived in Simsbury for the past 64 years. She was a graduate of Winooski High School and retired from Cigna. Yvette was a parishioner of St. Mary’s Church in Simsbury having been a member of the choir and was a member of Valley 25. She enjoyed on going on different trips, the casino, playing cards with the girls, doing crafts and listening to music.

She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Nightingale and her husband Larry of Torrington; her sister, Rita Bazan of Pittsfield, MA; her granddaughter, Diana Satula and her husband Eric of Union Grove, NC; her grandson, Mark Nightingale and his wife Meghan of Simsbury; her great grandchildren, Tucker and Brennon Nightingale and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a granddaughter, Rebecca Leigh Nightingale, her brothers, Eugene, Fred and Armand, and five sisters, Yvonne, Lydia, Cecile, Mary Jane, Irene. The family would like to thank Cherry Brook Health Care Center for the care they provided to Yvette.

Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Monday, May 20th at St. Mary’s Church, 942 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Burial will follow in Simsbury Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44 th St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10036 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 200 Executive Blvd., Suite 4B, Southington, CT 06489 . The Vincent Funeral Home of Simsbury is caring for the arrangements. Please visit Yvette’s Book of Memories at www.vincentfuneralhome.com for online tributes.