Pearl BALDWIN

Pearl Rousseau, 83, of Bristol, died Monday, (May 16, 2005) at Bristol Hospital. She was married for 44 years to Arthur H. Rousseau who predeceased her in 1989. She was born December 18, 1921, in Berlin, NH, daughter of the late Robert and ODiana (Larrivee) Baldwin. A resident of Bristol since 1946, Mrs. Rousseau was employed at the Wallace Barnes Manufacturing Company for 35 years until her retirement. She was a member of St. Matthew Church in Forestville. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Arthur R. and Janice Rousseau of Harwinton; a brother, Robert Baldwin of Wolcott; three sisters, Doris Chase of Wolcott, Marie Rapier of Illinois, and Cecile Counts of Lebanon, TN; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, 10 a.m. from the O'Brien Funeral Home, 24 Lincoln Ave., Forestville, to St. Matthew Church, Forestville, for a Mass at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Animal Rescue Foundation, 366 Main Street, Terryville, CT 06786.Published in the Hartford Courant on 5/18/2005.