None Rita Beaudoin

Rita Beaudoin, age 85, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away peacefully on October 8, 2013 following the death of her husband of 65 years, Andy Beaudoin, who passed away 13 days prior.

Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Rita worked as an Executive Assistant to the Comptroller at Gulf Life Insurance Company, often analyzing numbers in manual spreadsheets. After retirement she pursued her college education and earned an Associate degree from Florida State College in Jacksonville, Florida.  Throughout her life, Rita loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, completing crossword puzzles, playing cards, and collecting antiques with her husband, Andy. Together they traveled in search of merchandise for their small antique store in Bayard, Florida.

Rita is survived by her four loving children, six grandchildren and their spouses: Carol Beaudoin and her daughter Nicole, Jeanne Drackert and her daughter Michelle, Tom Beaudoin, his wife Denise and their children Andrew, Amanda and Edward, and Paula Beaudoin, her husband Jim Hughes and her son Austin and his wife Emily.  Rita was predeceased by her husband Andy Beaudoin, her parents Antonio and Eva (Gagnon) LeBlanc, her sisters Florence Duval, Olivette LeBlanc, and Cecile LaForce and two brothers, Dr. Lucien LeBlanc, and Robert LeBlanc.

Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 6 to 7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton St, Dedham, Massachusetts. A private burial will take place the next day at the MassachusettsNationalCemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Rita’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter, 480 Pleasant St, Watertown, MA 02472 (www.alzfdn.org/ContributetoAFA/makeadonation.html )