Jeanne (Desautels) Patnaude, age 93, passed away on October 27, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the wife of the late Herve N. Patnaude. A lifelong resident of New Bedford, she was the daughter of Hughes and Anastasie (Fafard) Desautels.
She was a graduate of Holy Family High School where she took the Commercial program. She and her husband started Patnaude’s Insurance Agency where she was an active insurance agent for over 70 years. In 1946, she and her husband started Patnaude’s Aquarium and Pet Supply, the first major pet shop in the Greater New Bedford area. She and her husband, kept the family tradition of involvement in Franco-American organizations. She belonged to the Richelieu Club, Le Cotillon, L’Union, St. Jean Baptist and the Association Canado Americain where she was a delegate to La Ligue des Franco-Americains. She was a former parishioner of St. Theresa’s Parish and a longtime parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Parish.
She was the mother of three children, Raymond Patnaude and his wife Pauline, Irene Rose Jardin and her husband Mario and Normand Robert Patnaude and a brother Antoine “Bill” Desautels all of New Bedford. She was the grandmother of five and the great-grandmother of nine.
Her Funeral will be held on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 9am from the Rock Funeral Home, 1285 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford followed by a Funeral Mass at 10am in St. Francis Xavier Parish, 125 Main St., Acushnet. Visiting hours Tuesday 5-8pm. Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Flowers welcome or donations may be made to the St. Francis Xavier Parish Building Fund.
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