JEANNETTE VIRGINIA BERUBE (1918- 2009)


Jeannette Virginia Berube was born on November 14, 1918 at 56 Social St., Woonsocket, RI.*

56 Social St. Woonsocket, RI before being demolished in 1982.

Here parents were William Berube and Marie (Cormier).

William and Marie Berube



Jeannette as flower-girl at Aurore Cormier's wedding to Lionel Lussier.
About 1926


In 1938 she entered the convent of the Sisters of the Presentation, a teaching order based in Canada.  She stayed in the convent for more than 6 years.  She taught school in Maine and in Canada. 


Sister William Marie of the Presentation of Mary.
Around 1942.
 
Returning to Woonsocket, she worked at Riverside Worsted Co. at 84 Fairmount Street.  A year or so after leaving the convent Jeannette married   Ernest Albert Menard on December 29, 1945 at St. Ann's Church, Woonsocket, RI.  Attending them were Raymond Duquette and Alpherie Giguere.

 Raymond Duquette, Jeannette Berube, Ernest Menard, Alpherie Giguere at the wedding at St. Ann's Church, Woonsocket, RI on December 29, 1945.
 


About 1952, Farm Street, Blackstone, MA




Jeannette with new stove. Social Street. About 1960.





Sisters: Aurore Kiczak, Jeannette Menard and Bernadette Duquette 1960 and 1990.





Jeannette with Muriel and Jessica, Social St., Woonsocket, RI

Bishop Gelineau and Jeannette at St. Antoine Residence, N. Smithfield, RI, 2009

Jeannette died at age 92 on November 20, 2009 at St. Antoine Residence.

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