Obituary of Carmen C. Beaudoin

Obit written as is by family Carmen C. Beaudoin, of Danielson, CT passed away Tuesday August 24, 2010. Born in Danielson, CT on March 9, 1917 to Alfred and Marguerite (Lamoot) Carton, she graduated from Killingly High School in 1935 and from St. Francis School of Nursing in Hartford, CT in 1938. Carmen served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from November 1941 to December 1945. During World War II she served in the Southwest Pacific Area (New Guinea, Philippines and Australia) as an operating room nurse. For her service during World War II, she was awarded the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal. She was discharged at the rank of Captain. On November 15, 1947 she was united in marriage to Maurice M. Beaudoin at St. James Church in Danielson, CT. They shared their lives until Maurice’s death on June 11, 2001. She worked for Day Kimball Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Killingly-Brooklyn-Canterbury Nursing and Health Service and retired in 1982 from Community Health and Home Care. Survivors include her daughter Marguerite L. Beaudoin of Danielson, CT; her son Joseph C. Beaudoin and his wife Nancy of Eastford, CT; and, her grandsons Nicholas M. Beaudoin, Gregory W. Beaudoin and Douglas A. Beaudoin all of Eastford, CT. Her cousin Veronique Blondeel of Bailleul, Belgium, also survives her. There will be a Mass of Christian Burial Friday August 27, 2010 at 10:00am in St. James Church, 12 Franklin Street, Danielson, followed by burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Danielson, CT. To share a memory with her family “Light a Candle” at www.gagnonandcostellofh.com