LEWISTON — Marcienne Pelletier Beaulieu, 81, a resident of 217 Ferry Road, Lewiston, passed away peacefully Thursday, Aug. 3, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in St. Jean-De-Dieu, PQ, Canada, on Feb. 16, 1936. She was the seventh child of 13. Her parents were Rose Anna Deschenes and Prudent Pelletier.

Marcienne married Roger Lionel Beaulieu of Lewiston on July 3, 1961, and spent 56 wonderful years together.

She taught school in Quebec City and Lewiston for 30 years. She was the owner of the preschool “Children’s Paradise” where she touched many lives instilling the gift of knowledge.

She studied at the University of Laval Quebec and earned a master’s degree from the University of Maine.

She had a passion for gardening, flowers, traveling and her family.

Survivors include her husband, Roger; and her two daughters, Anne Pepe and husband, Jim, of Ormond Beach, Fla., and Lynn Ward and husband, Jim, of Lewiston; also two brothers, Edgar and Martin Pelletier and wife, Louison; four sisters, Juliette Rioux, Sister Rolande Pelletier, Carmelle D’Amour and husband, Raymond, and Marie-Laure Belanger and husband, Marion; also surviving are three grandchildren, Steven Thomas and wife, Katie, Spencer and Leanna Ward; one step-granddaughter, Anne O’Brien and step-great-granddaughter, Grace; many nieces and nephews from Canada and the United States; as well as in-laws, Irene Soucy and husband Robert, Romeo Giguere, Glorianne Pelletier, Lucette Pelletier, and Brother Robert Beaulieu O.P.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by four brothers, and many in-laws.

The family would like to thank Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice as well as her daughter, Anne, for the wonderful care she received during her illness.

Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com.