Stapleton Family Funeral Home
and Crematorium Center

 

Durand, Anita I., 85, passed peacefully Sunday (2/9/2020) at the Elmhearst Extended Care Facility. Born in San Diego, CA, a daughter of the late Reo and Ida (Beaudreault) Beaulieu she was married to the late Roland W. Durand.

Mrs. Durand was a bookkeeper in the law offices of Winograd, Shine & Zacks for 30 years before retiring in 1999. She was a member of St. Matthews Womans Club and SPREAD Program as well as it’s choir. She was also a member of the Cranston Senior Center. She loved her dogs, cooking, baking, crocheting, singing, playing piano, traveling, but most of all she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She leaves a son, Roger R. (Sharon) Durand of Warwick and 2 daughters; Louise (Herbert) Scott of LaVernia, TX and Therese Buchanan of Cranston. She also leaves 8 grandchildren; Jennifer Sears, Nicholas, Mark and Shaun Durand, Elizabeth Nagle, Kenneth & Timmothy Buchanan and Joshua Scott and 16 great grandchildren.

Her life will be celebrated with calling hours Monday from 4-7pm in the Stapleton Family Funeral Home, 684 Park Avenue, Cranston, with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Kevin Church, 333 Sandy Lane, Warwick Tuesday at 10:00am. Burial will be in RI Veterans Cemetery.