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Article: Marie Auguste; Haiti native loved cooking, giving parties
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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Born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Marie Sainfelia Auguste came
to the Boston area in 1973 to join her husband and children. She
worked briefly at a chicken packaging factory in South Boston, but
became ill and stopped working. She spent the rest of her time at
home with her family.
Mrs. Auguste loved baby- sitting for her grandchildren and
throwing parties for all sorts of occasions, said her daughter-in-
law, Marie Imaculee Thimothe of Stoughton. Mrs. Auguste hosted
sleepovers at which she would tell them stories about life in Haiti
and teach them her native language, Creole.
Mrs. Auguste, of Brockton, died July 30 due to complications of
diabetes and hypertension at Brockton Hospital. ...