FALL RIVER, Mass. — Brother of Christian Instruction Normand E. Simoneau, 89, a native of Fall River, Mass., who served as a religious for 74 years, died September 24, 2009 after a long illness. Born in Fall River, the son of the late Napoleon Simoneau and Dorilla (Roy) Simoneau, he entered the juniorate of the Brothers of Christian Instruction at Alfred, Maine, on June 18, 1932, and the Novitiate of the Brothers at La Prairie, Quebec, Canada on Aug. 15, 1935. He made his perpetual profession on July 7, 1941. Though a very competent teacher and school administrator, he left the teaching field to devote himself to full time maintenance. He was an excellent carpenter who was never satisfied with approximate measures or slipshod work. After spending time as maintenance director of the Dominican Sisters campus in Adrian, Mich., he was assigned the task of maintaining the congregation’s Plattsburgh school. Brother Normand is survived by one sister, Mrs. Annette Nadeau of Windsor Locks, Conn., and many nieces and nephews. His funeral Mass was celebrated September 29 in the Brothers’ Chapel in Alfred, Maine. Burial was in the Brother’s Cemetery. The Lafrance-Lambert & Black Funeral Home in Sanford, Maine, was in charge of arrangements.