Nicole Rau

Nicole M. (Tremblay) Rau, 35, died Friday, January 30 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Haverhill, she was the daughter of James J. and Susan M. (Cartier) Tremblay. She was a 1991 Graduate of Haverhill High School, and attended Westfield State College and New England School of Nail Design.Always an independent self driven woman, her career started at Bradford Ski area during winters and Carters Ice cream stand in the summers of her school years. She owned and operated Nicole’s Nails in Andover, North Andover, and finally in Haverhill. She also held a Real Estate License, working with Novack Real Estate in Haverhill, until her illness forced her into early retirement. The most fulfilling occupation of her life however, was the title of loving wife and mother. Time spent with her high school sweetheart and adoring husband of ten years, Christopher and doting mother of her three year old son Jack.Along with her beloved husband, Christopher M. Rau, and son, Jack. C. Rau, she leaves her parents, James J. and Susan M. Tremblay, all of Haverhill, a brother, Jason T. Tremblay, of Boston, aunts and uncles, Margaret and Richard Pietrowski, of Hudson, NH, and Virginia Bergeron, of Haverhill, father in law, James Rau, of Methuen, mother in law, Christine (Cosio) Rau, of Haverhill, brothers and sisters in law, James and Traci Rau, John and Melissa Rau, many cousins and friends.Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Wednesday, February 4, at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home 486 Main St. (Rte 125) Haverhill, from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:00 AM from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 AM at All Saints Church, Bellevue Ave, Haverhill. Burial will follow in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, North Broadway, Haverhill. Memorial donations may be made to: Jack C. Rau Trust Fund c/o Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union, 2 Water St. Haverhill, MA 01830 www.comeaufuneral.com.