Juliette Chartier-Shepard, 99, formerly of Wolf Hill Road, Smithfield, passed away on Tuesday March 7th in the St. Antoine Residence, North Smithfield. She was the wife of the late Alfred A. Chartier and Henry P. Shepard. They had been married for 63 years.
She was born in Fall River, MA, the daughter of Eva (Briand) and John Baptiste Bolduc. She had been a resident of Smithfield since 1925. Educated at the Irving S, Cook School and St. Xavier Academy in Providence, she was a graduate of the Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing in 1945 and received a Bachelor of Science degree (Cum Laude) from Rhode Island College in 1976. She continued graduate studies at Rhode Island College, Providence College and the University of Rhode Island, earning the equivalent of a master’s degree. Beginning in 1945 she worked as a floor nurse at Rhode Island Hospital, Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and in the delivery room of Providence Lying-In Hospital. She served as Director of Nursing in several nursing homes including Elmbrook and Waterman Heights. She became a Rhode Island Licensed Nursing Home Administrator in 1978 where she served as an Assistant Administrator.
For a period of some fourteen years, she taught one of the two required courses in Nursing Home Administration required for RI Nursing Home Administrator Licensure. She was a past president of the Irving S. Cook School P.T.A. and Balfour-Cole American Legion Post Auxiliary. She is a member of RI Hospital Nursing School Alumni, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Johnston and Smithfield chapters of the AARP, the Blackstone Valley Retired Teachers Association, the Rhode Island Retired Teachers Association, the RI State Nurses Association Gerontology Division and the Rhode Island State Legislative Committee of AARP.
She is survived by three daughters; Deborah J. Mitchell her husband Harry of Laconia, NH, Stephany D. Pion and her husband Normand of North Fort Myers, FL and Melany A. Shepard of Smithfield, and a son, Captain William A. Shepard, (Ret. SPD) and his wife Brenda of North Port, FL. She was the mother-in-law of Nancy Shepard of Smithfield; twelve grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren. She was the mother of the late Gregory P. Shepard. She was the sister of the late Sheldon C. Bolduc, Lorraine Moore and Jaqueline Senecal.
Her funeral will be held Saturday March 11th at 9:30am from the Anderson-Winfield Funeral Home, Route 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville. A Mass of Christian Burial at 10am will be in St. Michael’s Church 80 Farnum Pike, Smithfield. Burial will be in Acote’s Hill Cemetery, Chepachet. Visitation Saturday 8:30am to 9:30am. In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to The Alzheimers Association of RI, 245Waterman Avenue, Providence, RI 02906 www.alz.org