Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Riopel, Mary Clair, 1958 

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MARY CLAIR RIOPEL 

MRS. MARY C. RIOPEL 

   IVOR - Mrs. Mary Clair Riopel, 86, former Ivor resident, died in a Richmond 
nursing home on Saturday, June 28, after a long illness. 

   A native of New Brunswick, Canada, Mrs. Riopel was a daughter of the late 
John and Marion Walter Clair and the widow of Napoleon Riopel.  She was a 
member of the Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague in Wakefield. 

   She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Leonor Riopel Babb of Ivor; a 
granddaughter, Mrs. A.G. Bialkowski of Richmond; and three great-grandsons. 

   Rosary services were held at the Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, on 
Sunday night at 8 o'clock.  Funeral services were conducted at the Shrine of 
the Infant Jesus of Prague on Monday by Rev. William D. McGonigle.  Interment 
was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 

   Pallbearers were S.H. Babb, N.S. Boykins, W.H. Harrison, Walter Johnson, 
W.C. Rawls and H.W. Stephenson. 


Mary (CLAIR; Mrs. Napoleon) RIOPEL, formerly of Ivor & Gates Co., NC, 
b. 7 Jan 1872, Camilton, New Brunswick, Canada, d. 28 Jun 1958, Richmond, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block Y, Lot 18*), Suffolk, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 53, No. 37, Wed., July 2, 1958, 
   Sect. II, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #93083257. 

D.Cert. 15233 (Richmond #1965) 


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