Jeannine M. Desharnais – age 92, wife of the late Roland J. Desharnais died peacefully Friday, April 24 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington.
She was born in St. Ursule, Quebec, Canada, October 9, 1933, daughter of the late Romeo and Ida (Bergeron) Beland and was raised in Canada and lived in Billerica for over 60 years.
Jeannine was employed as a Junior Engineer for the former GCA Corporation in Bedford before her retirement.
She is survived by her daughters, Jeanne Sullivan of Dracut and Carole Leavitt of Tewksbury; her sons, Denis Desharnais of Concord, NH and Robert Desharnais of Middleton, NH; her sisters, Mariette Beland and Louiselle Lambert both of Canada, her brother Florent Beland of Canada and is also survived by her eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She was the mother of of the late Michelle Malmstrom and sister of the late John-Paul, Emile, Arthur and Mario Beland.
A Funeral Mass will be held Monday, April 27 at St. Matthew the Evangelist Parish at St. Theresa Church, 466 Boston Rd., Billerica at 10 a.m. Her burial will take place at Fox Hill Cemetery in Billerica. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org
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