Irene Beaulieu

Irene Clara Beaulieu, age 93, went peacefully to her rest on Friday, May 31, 2019, in The Edgewood Centre in Portsmouth, NH, surrounded by her family.

Irene lived in Durham, NH. She was born on February 5, 1926, in Scranton, PA, to Harry Earl and Clara (Pauli) Bentley, one of five children. She graduated from Kings County School of Nursing in 1946, which she attended on a Navy Scholarship, and worked as a Registered Nurse until she was 72 years old. She was an accomplished and compassionate nurse.

Irene was a gifted amateur pianist, gardener, voracious reader, and a loving mother of six, four of whom followed her into the field of medicine. She married Charles R. Beaulieu on April 5, 1947, and is survived by her husband and children, David Beaulieu, Diane and her husband Bob Palac, Nancy Carr, Barbara and her husband Mike Normandin, Susan and her husband Chip Noon, and Elaine and her husband Gary Cartier. Irene loved to be with her 17 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

ARRANGEMENTS: A Requiem Mass will be held on June 18, 2019, at 10:30A.M. in the Immaculate Conception Church of the Corpus Christi Parish, 98 Summer Street, Portsmouth, NH, followed by an interment ceremony at 2:00P.M. at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, New Hampshire. Assisting the family with arrangements is the Cremation Society of NH. To view Irene's Online Tribute, send condolences to the family, or for more information, visit www.csnh.com.