Jeannine (Cossette) Rousseau
January 17, 1934 - December 2, 2025
Jeannine (Cossette) Rousseau Obituary
Naugatuck-Jeannine (Cossette) Rousseau, widow of Fernand J. Rousseau, passed away on Tuesday December 2, 2025. She was 91 years old.
She was born in Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, Canada on January 17, 1934, daughter of the late Lorenzo and Marie (Dupont) Cossette. Jeannine was a longtime resident of Naugatuck and worked at Uniroyal for 15 years in the Stitching Department.
She leaves her family to cherish her memory including her son Paul Rousseau, daughter-in-law Jessica Dydyn of Middletown, CT and her loving daughter Annette Rousseau, son-in-law John Luongo of Gooding, ID; her grandchildren Jonathan Rousseau and Jessica (Rousseau) Mattas; her great grandchild Henry Rousseau; her surviving siblings Gaston Cossette, and Denise Cossette Vielleux, sister-in-law Priscille Cossette; her brother-in-law Reverand Robert Rousseau, and many loved nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2025 from 5-7 p.m. at the Naugatuck Valley Memorial/Fitzgerald Zembruski Funeral Home, 240 North Main Street, Naugatuck. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday December 12, 2025 at 11 a.m. at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1006 New Haven Road, Naugatuck. Burial will follow in St. James Cemetery. To send an online condolence or share a memory, please visit www.naugatuckvalleymemorial.com
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Naugatuck-Jeannine (Cossette) Rousseau, widow of Fernand J. Rousseau, passed away on Tuesday December 2, 2025. She was 91 years old.
She was born in Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, Canada on January 17, 1934, daughter of the late Lorenzo and Marie (Dupont) Cossette. Jeannine was a longtime resident of Naugatuck and worked