Madeleine Chamberland's Obituary
Lakeland – Madeleine Chamberland, age 85, joined her Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 18, 2016, at her home in Lakeland with her loving family by her side. Madeleine was born on June 8, 1931, in Holyoke, Mass to the late Raymond and Claire Brunelle. She married Richard Chamberland on September 1st 1956, and moved to Lakeland in 1970 where she was an active member of the Church of the Resurrection and Engineers Wives.
She is pre-deceased by her sister Muriel Gagne and is survived by her husband Richard, her children Diane Chamberland (Lakeland, Fla), Marianne Symmes (Jacksonville, Fla), and David Chamberland (Winter Garden, Fla), and her sister Lucile Hoar (Lakeland, Fla). She was a loving Nana to 6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren that were the apple of her eye. Madeleine devoted her life to her family, church, friends and community and will be lovingly remembered.
There will be a celebration of her life on July 1, 2016 at the Church of the Resurrection, 3720 Old Road 37 in Lakeland, Florida, at 11:00am with reception to follow at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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