Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home

ROCKLAND - Simone Cecile Beaulieu, 94, passed peacefully on the morning of May 26, 2016 after a short period at the Sussman House.

Simone was born December 15, 1921, in Berlin, New Hampshire. The family moved to Canada in 1928. It was there she married Conrad, her husband of more than 50 years.

In 1947 they moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where she started doing clothing alterations, eventually starting her own women’s garment factory. The factory shut down after some years but that didn’t stop her; Simone and Conrad bought a building in downtown Lawrence. They lived on the 4th floor, sewed on the 3rd floor, and sold the garments in the street level store.

They retired to Hollywood, Florida in 1985, where she loved to sell her goods at craft fairs. She always enjoyed her leisure time at the area race tracks, and at one time even owned a couple of harness ponies. Simone was always entertaining and good for a story.

Simone moved to Maine in 2011, but she always missed Florida.

Simone was pre-deceased by one daughter Louise Greer in 2010. She is survived by her son, James Beaulieu, and his wife, Kathy Thyng of Rockland; her grandchildren Katie Beaulieu of Rockland, Danielle Beaulieu of Portland, Mike Greer and his wife, Johanna, of Tenafly, New Jersey, and Tracey Rose and her husband Brian of DeBary, Florida; and her great-grandchildren Jade Greer, and Nathan and Sabrina Rose.

A private service will be held at the convenience of the family. Services are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland, Maine. To share a memory or condolence with Simone’s family, please visit her Book of Memories at bchfh.com.