Bernice (Fortin) Bissaillon
The picture above represents three sisters (from left to right) Hattie, Lillie (Bernice's Mother), and Cordlia Belisle.
Above are Bernice's parents, Thomas Fortin and Lillie Belisle (1912 wedding photo in Kankakee).
Bernice (Fortin) Bissaillon. Front row first on left. Notre Dame High School graduation 1937, Bourbonnais, IL.
Sister St. Mary David (Bernice's French teacher at Notre Dame High School).
Above is Sister St. Mary David without her habit.
Bernice (Fortin) Bissaillon, U.S. Coast Guard, 1943–1946—Spar (Always Ready)
Bernice (Fortin) Bissaillon with clients (above and below) at her costume shop. Bourbonnais, IL.
Above is Bernice (Fortin) Bissaillon holding her mother Lillie's geography book from grade school.
Above, Bernice is holding her great grandfather Jules Belisle's 1861 Civil War portrait.