Memorial services for Gertrude Lucille Morin of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Bonnerup Funeral Service. Pastor Richard Spande will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in St Theodore Catholic Cemetery.
Gertrude died on Friday, February 24, 2012 at the ThorneCrest Retirement Center. She was 90 years of age.
Gertrude was born January 6, 1922 in Manchester, NH, the daughter of Emile and Albina (Duquet) Beaudoin. She attended Catholic School in New Hampshire. On June 3, 1944 she was united in marriage to Oliver Morin in St Edmonds, NH.
Gertrude worked hard all of her life first as a welder in the Boston Shipyards then in the textile mills in Manchester, NH. She lived in Maine for over 32 years and moved to Albert Lea in 1987. Gertrude was a member of St Theodore Catholic Church. She ran a bait shop for a short time in Albert Lea, enjoyed fishing, gardening and flowers.
Gertrude is survived by her daughter Pricilla Rudder of Waterboro, ME, and grandson Raymond R. Landry of Albert Lea, MN. Two sisters and two brothers survive; Aline Gayne of Goffstown, NH, Doris DuCharme of Manchester, NH, Maurice (Terry) Beaudoin of Goffstown, NH, Jerry (Claudia) Beaudoin of Hooksett, NH, many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Oliver in 2004, sisters Lorraine and Irene, and brothers Lionel and Norman.