Esther Frances Coutu

HAMILTON - Esther Frances Meloy Coutu was born September 26, 1910, in Lowell, Massachusetts, and passed away while sleeping on September 12, 2009, at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton, Montana.

She was the widow of Louis Adelard Coutu, Capt., USN (Retired), who passed away in November, 1967. Mrs. Coutu is survived by her daughter, Esther Louise (Pink) McDonald and her husband, William T. (Bill) McDonald of Darby, MT, and three grandchildren, William L. McDonald of Mesa, AZ, Lisa Marie Lewis of Oak Ridge, TN, and Robert W. McDonald of Birmingham, AL.

Mrs. Coutu also is survived by two great-grandsons and four great-granddaughters, and by one great-great-granddaughter, all of whom reside outside Montana.