ANNE MARIE ROUSSEAU

ROUSSEAU, MRS. ANNE MARIE (DRAPEAU), born May 27, 1903, in Brunswick, Maine and married Joseph Honore Rousseau, II, on March 29, 1929, in St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The Drapeau and Rousseau families left Quebec, Canada, in the late 1870s, and settled in Brunswick before her marriage. A son Joseph Honore Rousseau, III, was born to Joseph and Anne Marie on December 16, 1934. Lovingly known as Peter, he was a joy to all who knew him, but lost his life in a tragic accident in 1944. Husband Joe passed away 25 years later at the age of 69. Both father and son were laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine. Following his 1920 graduation from West Point, Joseph Rousseau, II, served in the U.S. Army for 35 years, in the pacific, Europe and the Continental U.S., retiring as a Colonel in 1955. After his retirement, the Rousseaus settled in Miami Shores, FL, where they were members of St. Rose of Lima Parish. Mrs. Rousseau made her final move in 1980 to the John Knox Village continuing-care retirement community in Pompano Beach, FL, where she lived happily for over thirty years until she passed away quietly on March 24, 2011. She will join her husband and son at the Brunswick, Maine Catholic Cemetery, where they will be lovingly reunited. There are no living relatives to carry on the Drapeau and Rousseau family names, but Anne-Marie will be mourned by her dear and loving friends Jackie Minott of Brunswick, ME and Dora Toomey and family of Ft. Myers, FL and by her loving friends at John Knox Village. Local arrangements are by Stetson's Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, ME. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.