Solange I. Menard 93, of Woonsocket Hill Rd. died August 30, 2016 at Oakland Grove Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Omer H. Caplette and Gerald A. Menard. Born in Manchaug, MA, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Philamine (Leclaire) Belleville. Solange worked as an assembler for Royal Electric for over thirty years before retiring in 1984. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Sr. Citizens and the Sr. Citizen Christian Group.
She was the beloved mother of Sandra T. Cumming of Lancaster, MA and Paula Deslauriers of North Smithfield, step-mother of Thomas Menard of Cape Cod, MA and Eileen Lareau of Woonsocket. She is survived by four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Solange was predeceased by her siblings, Henry Belleville, Juliette Benoit, Anita Garceau, and Pauline Hebert.
Her funeral with visitation will be held Friday beginning at 9:30 AM from the Fournier & Fournier Funeral Home, 99 Cumberland St., Woonsocket, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM in St. Joseph’s Church, Mendon Rd. Woonsocket. Burial will follow in St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery in Bellingham.