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Subject: [Q-R] OBIT-IRENE M. ROUSSEAU-PROVIDENCE JRNL, R.I.
IRENE M. ROUSSEAU - Fall River
01:00 AM EST on Sunday, February 15, 2004
IRENE M. ROUSSEAU, 89, formerly of King Philip Street, a retired seamstress,
died Thursday at Catholic Memorial Home.
She was the former wife of the late Normand Rousseau. Born in Fall River, a
daughter of the late Wilfred and Emma (Fortin) Emond, she was a lifelong
resident of the city.
Mrs. Rousseau had been a seamstress at several textile mills for many years
before retiring, and was a member of the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, now UNITE.
She was a former communicant of Notre Dame Church, and the former Blessed
Sacrament Church.
She leaves three sons, Conrad A., Richard L. and Maurice H. Rousseau, all of
Somerset; a sister, Marie Paquette of Swansea; three brothers, Paul Emond of
Fall River, Raymond Emond of Somerset and Normand Emond of Deltona, Fla.;
and 9 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She was the sister of the
late Leo, Lucien, Vincent, Francois, and Sister Rita Marie Emond, RJM,
Concorde Savage and Bella Boissonneau.
The funeral will be held Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. from Boule Funeral Home, 615
Broadway, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 in Notre Dame Church, Eastern
Avenue. Entombment will be in Notre Dame Cemetery.
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