Rosalie Lachance Deschenes
BRUNSWICK – Rosalie Lachance Deschenes, 94, died peacefully on Oct. 8, 2025, in Bath.
She was born in Brunswick on Sept. 21, 1936, the daughter of the late Geoffrey and Matilda (Fournier) Lachance.
Rosalie graduated from Brunswick High School in the class of 1949 and was employed in the offices of Coleman Research Farms Chicken Hatchery; SnowFlake Frozen Foods, a division of H.C. Baxter Company, and retired after more than 29 years at Bowdoin Colleges Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
On Sept. 20, 1958, she married Roland Deschenes. He passed in 2009.
After surviving cancer at the age of 50, Rosalie was thankful for and appreciated every day of life granted to her.
Rosalie was predeceased by three brothers, Geoffrey, Wilfred and Donald Lachance, three sisters, Aurelie Lachance, Irene Noble, and Iona Osnoe.
She is survived by nieces and nephews whom she dearly loved.
Visiting hours celebrating Rosalie’s life will be held on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. A funeral will follow at the funeral home at 12 p.m. with burial in Growstown Cemetery, Brunswick.
Condolences, memories and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the Stetson’s Funeral Home website http://www.StetsonsFuneralHome.com
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