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A Chelsea resident and retired RN, Bonnie passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Saturday March 5
th
, after lengthy ongoing illnesses, she was 66 years of age. Born in Chelsea she was the beloved daughter of the late Peter Bleile and Lillian E. (Hessenflow) Tewksbury. She grew up in Skowhegan Maine attending school and graduating from Skowhegan High School. As a young lady she returned to Chelsea, married Joseph Arsenault in 1967 and began raising her family of two daughters and one son. She was accepted into the school of nursing at the Chelsea Soldiers Home becoming a LPN at the Quigley Memorial Hospital. She continued her education attending Bunker Hill Community College in the 70's and received her Assoc. Degree in Nursing and soon became an RN. She continued to work at the hospital in the surgical medical department until its closing in the 80's. She completed her 30 year career at the home's Alzheimer's dementia ward and retired in 2014. In her lifetime Bonnie enjoyed summer vacations at the family camp in Sanford Maine. She loved to travel, enjoying excursions to London and Paris, Alaskan Cruises and trips to Disneyworld and relished it when her trips received unexpected upgrades. She is survived by her husband of 49 years Joseph Arsenault of Chelsea. She was the devoted mother of Elizabeth Rullo and her husband Edward of Chelsea, Dawn Snyderman and her husband Martin of Swampscott, Joseph Arsenault II and his lady Lauren Heeley of Revere. Cherished grandmother of Edward Rullo, Bonnie Natola, Bianca Rullo and Kaitlin Snyderman. Dear sister of Edward Bleile of Wiscasset Maine and the late Janice and Robert Johnson.
ARRANGEMENTS: Her funeral services will be conducted from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Friday March 11 th at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday from 4 - 8 P.M. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
ARRANGEMENTS: Her funeral services will be conducted from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Friday March 11 th at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday from 4 - 8 P.M. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
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