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    1. BELLEVILLE, RACHEL M.-LOWELL SUN, MASS.
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    3. Rachel M. Belleville She was born in Lowell on March 21, 1931, daughter of the late Leo J. and Florence (Drapeau) Bellemare. She graduated from Lowell High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She also attended the New England Conservatory of Music. She was a resident of Lowell before moving to Pelham. During her career, Mrs. Belleville was employed at Brox Industries in Dracut, Lowell's St. John's Hospital as a secretary, and the former Medical Associates in Chelmsford, where she was an office manager. She was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church in Pelham, and for 33 years had served the parish as church organist, choir director and soloist for 33 years. She was also a cantor for St. Patrick Church, and was a part-time organist at St. Kathryn's Church in Hudson, N.H. Mrs. Belleville was a member of the New Greeley Singers in Pelham, and the Spindle City Singers, in Lowell, and a former member of the Lowell Opera. She was a former member of the Women's Guild at St. Patrick, and former PTO President of St. Patrick School. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Marc L. Belleville and Dr. Mary Jo Shaffer of Hudson, N.H., and David Belleville and his wife Arlene of Chelmsford; two daughters and sons-in-law, Suzanne Fitterman and her husband Michael of Harvard and Michelle Blake and her husband William of Hudson, N.H. She also leaves six grandchildren, Alexandra and Olivia Belleville, Rachel and Daniel Fitterman, Nicole and Cameron Blake. She was also the sister of Leo J. Bellemare, who died in 1943. Published in the Lowell Sun on 11/4/2004. Guest Book . Flowers & gifts

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