Guerrier, Christa L.

Christa L. (Lombard) Guerrier of Dorchester died peacefully on Monday, December 10, 2018, at her home in the company of her loving family.

She was the beloved wife of 48 years to Edner Pierre Guerrier. Loving mother of Ernst Guerrier and his wife, Marie Flore Guerrier, of Canton, Marie Viviane Guerrier of Milton, and Elizabeth Guerrier of Rockland. Christa was the cherished grandmother of Mandel Chris Guerrier-Roberson, Christa Hope Guerrier, Ernst Myles Guerrier, Austin Pierre Clark, Marcus Jackson Guerrier-Roberson, and Chrystian Lee Brazao. She leaves behind two step-daughters, Catherine Guerrier of Connecticut and Adonis Milano of Boston. She was predeceased by her mother and father, Thercilise Degan and Wilner Lombard. Christa leaves a host of friends and extended family, including her sister, Yolene Lombard Dejean, of Hyde Park and her brother, Maurice Degan, of Haiti; her nieces, Chrislene Dejean, Maureen Azor, Anastasia Denise Azor, Tracey Azor, Marsha Foster, Clyva English, and Neddra English; her nephews, Hugens Dejean, Irving Azor, Exantus Azor and Marcus Azor; her cousin, Antoine Blain of New York; and lifelong friends Marie English of Waltham, Jacques Alce of Florida, and Jean Louis Senatus of Haiti.

Christa grew up in Jeremy, Haiti, where she developed a passion for caring for others. It was there in Haiti, where she met the love of her life, Edner P. Guerrier, whom she later married on June 18, 1970, and migrated to Boston in 1975. The couple settled in Mattapan, where they raised their three children, making lifelong friends in Mattapan and its surrounding communities. Christa worked at the Metropolitan State Hospital and Massachusetts Mental Health Hospital before retiring in 2005. She was an active member of the prayer group at Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Roxbury. Christa enjoyed her life to the fullest and made the best of every moment granted to her. She will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her.

Visiting hours will be held at the Dolan Funeral Home, 1140 Washington Street in Dorchester, on Friday, December 21, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 1545 Tremont Street in Boston, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 22. Interment will follow at the Oak Lawn Cemetery, 427 Cummings Highway in Boston. For more information and online guestbook, please visit www.dolanfuneral.com.

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