Rachel
Rachel (Rapanault) Blair
d. April 13, 2008
Hudson, MA
Rachel (Rapanault) Blair, 89, of Hudson, died Sunday, April 13 at Marlboro Hospital.
She was the wife of 63 years to the late Leonard A. Blair who died in 2006.
Born and raised in Southbridge, daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Renaud) Rapanault, Mrs. Blair was a graduate of the Mary E. Wells H.S. in Southbridge.
She leaves her daughter, Judith Nally of Hudson, wife of the late William J. Nally Jr. who died in 1991; a brother, Lionel Rapanault of West Haven, CT; 2 sisters, Muriel Garceau and husband Norman of Southbridge and Sister Therese Rapanault with the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, MA. She also leaves many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved sister Irene Morrison.
A funeral mass will be celebrated Thursday, April 17, at 11:00 a.m. in Saint Michael's Church, 21 Manning St. Hudson. Burial will follow in St. George's Cemetery, Southbridge. Family and friends may attend a calling hour Thursday, April 17, from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home Inc. 50 Central St. Hudson
Rachel (Rapanault) Blair, 89, of Hudson, died Sunday, April 13 at Marlboro Hospital.
She was the wife of 63 years to the late Leonard A. Blair who died in 2006.
Born and raised in Southbridge, daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Renaud) Rapanault, Mrs. Blair was a graduate of the Mary E. Wells H.S. in Southbridge.
She leaves her daughter, Judith Nally of Hudson, wife of the late William J. Nally Jr. who died in 1991; a brother, Lionel Rapanault of West Haven, CT; 2 sisters, Muriel Garceau and husband Norman of Southbridge and Sister Therese Rapanault with the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, MA. She also leaves many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved sister Irene Morrison.
A funeral mass will be celebrated Thursday, April 17, at 11:00 a.m. in Saint Michael's Church, 21 Manning St. Hudson. Burial will follow in St. George's Cemetery, Southbridge. Family and friends may attend a calling hour Thursday, April 17, from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the Tighe-Hamilton Funeral Home Inc. 50 Central St. Hudson
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