Rolande Pauline Cloutier (née Bédard) passed away at the St. Vincent Medical Center in Bridgeport Conn., on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at the age of 93 years, 2 months, and 21 days.
She was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on May 21, 1928, and was a city resident her entire life until moving to Connecticut at the end of 2019 to be near to her son and his family.
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