Alice M. (Paradis) Beland, 95, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, surrounded by her family at the Merrimack River Valley House in Lowell. She was the wife of the late Omer J. Beland.
She was born in Manchester, NH, on July 26, 1912, the daughter of the late Adolphus and Alice (Beaulieu) Paradis. Mrs. Beland was a resident of the Pawtucketville section for over 50 years and was a communicant of the former Ste. Jeanne d'Arc Parish and more recently with St. Rita Parish.
Mrs. Beland was a stitcher in the Greater Lowell area for many years and until her retirement, she was employed with the Internal Revenue Service in Andover for five years.
She was a volunteer with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate for several years and also with the Monastery of St. Clare - Poor Clares.
She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Normand J. and Patricia Beland of Stoneham, and Omer J. and Evon Beland of Sagamore Beach, MA; a daughter and son-in-law, Anne-Marie and Richard Trudel of Hudson, NH; a daughter-in-law, Diana I. Beland of Lowell; three sisters, Sr. Edna Paradis, smc, of Lac-au-Salmon, Canada, Angie Hamel and Gertrude Francisco, both of Lowell; a brother, Fernand Paradis of Lowell; 9 grandchildren and their spouses, Mark and Pauline Beland of Derry, NH, Normand and Andrea Beland of Burlington, Renee and Paul Smith of Billerica, Andrea and Raymond Royer of Townsend, Anthony and Crystal Beland of Merrimack, NH, Jenai and Saul Cohen of Manchester by the Sea, Nicole Alice Beland of New York City, Karen M. Trudel of Hudson, NH and Kimberly and Thomas Pierog of Derry, NH; 12 great grandchildren, Bryanna, Jason, Jessica, Rebecca, Michael, Bailey, Kristin, Abbey, Brendan, Jocelyn, Lily and Joshua; also many nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Raymond J. Beland and sister of the late Joseph, Leo and Henry Paradis, Rita Kopycinski, Jeannette St. Cyr, Beatrice Petros and Violet Paradis.
Friends may call at the M. R. LAURIN & SON FUNERAL HOME, 295 Pawtucket St., Lowell, on Friday, Sept. 21, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm. Funeral Saturday morning with a Funeral Mass to be celebrated at 10 o'clock at St.Rita Church. Interment in St. Joseph Cemetery.