Obituary: Yvonne (Petel) Harris, 77

Yvonne (Petel) Harris, 77, formerly of the Rumford Towers, died Sunday, January 3, 2016 at the Summit Commons.

Born June 22, 1938, in Central Falls, RI, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Carmella Helen (Cimini) Petel.

She leaves her daughters, Laurieanne Sousa of Seekonk and Michelle McKinley of Mansfield; her grandchildren, Jonathan, John Paul, David, Jeffrey and Elizabeth; her great granddaughters, Ariana and Avriana; and her sisters, Cecilia Chaplow of No. Attleboro, Helen Cook of East Providence and Stella Prete also of East Providence.

She was the mother of the late Raymond Tetreault and sister of the late Hank Petel and Armand Petel.

Her funeral will begin Friday, Jan. 8, at 10am from the Rebello Funeral Home and Crematory, 901 Broadway, East Providence, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11am in St. Margaret’s Church, 1098 Pawtucket Ave., Rumford. Burial will follow at the Notre Dame Cemetery, Pawtucket. Visitation will be held Friday morning from 9am until 10.