Frances Beaulieu
May 9 2001 12:00AM  By Telegram staff  

Funeral  Mass  for  Frances Beaulieu,  85,  were  held  in  her home  town  of
Graceville,  Minn., on Wednesday,  May 9,  2001, at  the Holy  Rosary Catholic
Church.   She   died  on  May   4,  2001,  at   the  Goshen  Care   Center  in
Torrington. Those who  wish may make contributions in her  honor to the Goshen
Care Center.  She was born on Oct. 5, 1915, in Graceville, Minn., the daughter
of John  and Eleanor (Gleason) Costello.  She grew up and  graduated from high
school in Graceville. She went on to graduate from St. Cloud School of Nursing
in  St.  Cloud,  Minn.  She married  Thomas  Beaulieu on  Sept.  27, 1943,  in
Graceville. The couple lived in Graceville  where she worked as a nurse in the
hospital. They wintered in Arizona for a few years. Mr. Beaulieu died in 1993,
and   Frances   moved  to   Spokane,   Wash.,  to   be   near   her  son   and
daughter-in-law. The family later moved to Torrington in 1997.

Frances was affiliated  with St. Rose Catholic Church in  Torrington and was a
member of the  Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville.  She had been active
in the Altar Society and the Graceville Golf Club.

She is survived by her son  and daughter-in-law, Thomas "Joe" and Ann Beaulieu
of Torrington, and son, Harry J. Beaulieu of Boise, Idaho; seven grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.

She  was preceded  in  death by  her parents,  her  husband, one  son John  T.
Beaulieu, and six sisters.

The Colyer Funeral Home of Torrington was in charge of the arrangements.

Torrington (Wyoming) Telegram