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Marcel Rivard <br /> Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation <br /> Centerville, Minnesota <br /> July 28, 1999 <br /> Marcel Rivard was born in Centerville on December 4, 1926 to Josephat and Eleanore <br /> Rivard. Marcel's father came to Centerville from Quebec in 1900. His mother was the <br /> daughter of Joseph Peltier, the original owner of the bar today known as Kelly's, where <br /> she was born and raised. Eleanore and Josephat had 12 children, two of whom died in <br /> childhood. Marcel was born in the white house between Kelly's and the Trio Inn. On that <br /> very day, his father wired the house for electricity. So not only was Marcel born, but <br /> Centerville Electric was born too. <br /> Marcel attended school in Centerville up to the 10th grade. He studied his last two years <br /> at the White Bear Lake High School and graduated in 1944. During his high school <br /> years, Marcel also worked at his father's electrical business and at Minnesota Mining and <br /> Manufacturing, more commonly known today as 3M. After graduation, he entered the <br /> Navy. During a training exercise, however, he injured his back and was unable to <br /> continue his military service. <br /> Soon after, he married Dorothy Lessard, a young woman whom he met at an ice cream <br /> parlor in White Bear Lake. Together, Marcel and Dorothy had 10 children. In 1948, <br />