Janine (Beaurivage) Patenaude

Janine Patenaude, nee Jeannine Beaurivage, 86 of Berlin, died on the 22nd of September at her home, after a lengthy illness. Survivors include her son Norman Patenaude of Portsmouth, NH; her son Richard Patenaude of Fort Washington, MD; and her daughter Helen Davis of Brooksville, FL; five grandchildren, Colette Patenaude Silvis from Pennsylvania, Jeannine Davis Fischer from Oklahoma, Justin Davis from Florida, Angela and Christopher Patenaude from Maryland; and three great-grandchildren, Madeline Silvis and Alyssa and Connor Fischer; her brother Germain Beaurivage from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and her sisters, Mariette Darveau and Jocelyne Besmargian from Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her brother, Florent Beaurivage, from Victoria Island, British Columbia, Canada, Lilianne LaFontaine from Princeville, Quebec and Joelle Dubois from St. Adrien, Quebec, and a baby brother, Patrick Michel Beaurivage also of St Adrien, Quebec. She was born in St. Adrien, Quebec, Canada on August 6, 1925, the daughter of Adrienne Belair and Edgar Beaurivage. She was raised in St. Adrien, Quebec and attended local schools. She married her former husband in Magog, Quebec after World War II and followed him to Berlin, NH in 1947 where they started an automobile service and sales business and eventually acquired an automobile franchise known as Patenaude Chevrolet-Buick. Following her divorce in 1968 she embarked on a new lifelong venture as an agent for Bankers Life Insurance Company/Conseco for which she worked for 45 years and up to the time of the death. During those years she belonged to various professional organizations including the Business and Professional Women's Club. She received numerous awards from Bankers Life over the years for her exceptional performance and customer service. In 1987 she ranked 26th out of the top 50 agents nationwide for the number of annuity policies sold and that distinction earned her a membership in the President's Honor Circle. She doted on her grandchildren every time they visited her and she had the pleasure to recently welcome her three great-grandchildren to her home. Visiting hours will be held at the Fleury-Patry Funeral Home on High Street in Berlin on Friday, September 30th between 5:00 and 9:00 pm as well as between 8:30 and 9:30 am on Saturday October 1st. A funeral Mass will follow at 10:00 am on Saturday October 1st at the nearby St. Anne's Church of the citywide Good Shepard Parish on Main Street. Burial will follow in the Mount Calvary Cemetery on Hillside Avenue at a later date. Flowers are welcome as are donations in her memory to the Franco American Centre at St. Anselm's College, 100 St. Anselm Drive #1798 - Davison Hall Manchester, NH 03102 or through www.francoamericancentrenh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Fleury-Patry Funeral Home Berlin and Gorham. To post an on line tribute please visit fluery-patry.com.