State's French hide strength in numbers 2d-largest ethnic group keeps quiet profile

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: September 21, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

WALTHAM -- Each day's obituaries give Gus Chiasson a little pang, a little more disheartening evidence that Franco-Americans don't stick together the way he thinks they should.

"The French, a lot of them don't go to the French funeral home," lamented Chiasson, 76, a retired electrician. "Any time you see an Italian name, you know they're going to the Italian funeral home. Any time you see an Irish name, you know they're going to the Irish funeral home. Why don't we patronize our own funeral homes?"

Even in death, the Franco-Americans of Massachusetts confound the assumptions of group ...

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