Rolande (Lanoue) Cloutier (1923 - 2008)

Born 19 Jun 1923 in St-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

Died 2008 at about age 84 in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Father -Joseph Lanoue (1888–1943) // Mother -Josephine Regina Rainville (1882–1929)

Obit

Rolande (Lanoue) Cloutier of 29 West Woods, Yarmouth Port, MA, and beloved wife of Wilfrid A. Cloutier M.D., passed away at home and surrounded by her loving family, on Friday, June 13, after very long and debilitating cardiopulmonary disease.

She was born on June 19, 1923 in St-Blaise near Montreal, Canada, the ninth of nine daughters of Joseph and Josephine (Rainville) Lanoue. Her only brother Gerard came after her in the family. Of her siblings, only three sisters – all from the Montreal area - survive her, Alice LeTellier, Helene Charlton, and Sister Lucienne Lanoue of the Misericordia order.

She graduated from Ecole Normale (Teacher's College) Jacques Cartier in Montreal, valedictorian of her class there as well as of her subsequent teacher-licensing examinations from the Commission Scolaire de Montreal. She taught for seven years at the Victor Dore School for disabled children (mostly polio victims).

On July 23, 1949, she married Wilfrid Cloutier, a month after his graduation from Laval Medical School. They lived in Quebec City during his year of surgical training, then in New York City for his continued training at New York University Bellevue Medical Center until July 1957. For two of those years in NYC, she lived alone and worked at Chemical Bank while her husband served in the chest surgical service at Tokyo Army Hospital, attending victims of the Korean War.

In July 1957 they moved to Lewiston, ME, and until July 1990, she managed the myriad details as Office Manager of her husband's surgical practice, all while raising their family of six daughters and one son. In May 1998, they moved to Yarmouth Port, MA, where they enjoyed ten more years of retirement together in the King's Way community. She possessed a lifelong love of learning and was a voracious reader on topics of all kinds throughout her retirement. She also wielded a great gift for writing and editing, as well as a swift pen on her daily crossword puzzles.

Over the years, she and her devoted husband also traveled and collected many happy memories all over the world, including Europe, the Soviet Union, China, Central and South America, the Far East, the Holy Land, Alaska, the Panama Canal, and many locations all over the US and Canada.

Sources

U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

Name Rolande Cloutier-- Gender Female-- Death Age 84-- Birth Date abt 1924-- Birth Place St-Blaise-- Residence Place Yarmouth Port, MA-- Death Date 13 Jun 2008-- Obituary Date 20 Jun 2008-- Obituary Place Boston, Massachusetts, USA-- Newspaper Title The Boston Globe-- Father Joseph Lanoue-- Spouse Wilfrid Cloutier

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