Norman Gerard BEAUDOIN

FAIRFIELD, Calif. - Norman Gerard Beaudoin, 52, of Fairfield, Calif., and formerly of Biddeford, passed away on Oct. 17, 2005 at his residence after a long valiant battle with brain cancer. He was born on Nov. 23, 1952 in Biddeford, a son of Arthur Antonio and Lucille Brunelle Beaudoin. Norman attended St. Joseph's grammar school. He graduated from St. Joseph's Seminary in Bucksport, Maine in 1970. He also graduated from St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vt., in 1974. Mr. Beaudoin taught elementary school in Colchester, Vt., and in Mississippi for two years. On November 19, 1979, Norman moved back to Burlington, Vt., and married his wife Valory Krause Beaudoin. Norman and Valory moved to California where he was employed as a Book Conservator by the University of California at Berkeley, in the Conservation Department of the Library for 18 years. . His hobbies included traveling, woodworking, history, reading and restoring old furniture. He was predeceased by his father, Arthur A. Beaudoin on Jan. 23, 1996. He is survived by his wife, Valory Krause Beaudoin; their children, John Christopher and Anne Marie of Fairfield, Calif., his mother, Lucille Brunelle Beaudoin of Biddeford; a sister, Ginette Beaudoin DVM of Biddeford; a brother, Marc Beaudoin of Littleton, Colo.; and two uncles, Roland Beaudoin, and Conrad Beaudoin and his wife Therese, all of Biddeford. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m., Monday, from Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Biddeford. Arrangements are by Cote Funeral Home, Saco.