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Baker Of JFK's Wedding Cake Dies

AP , Associated Press

Nov. 22, 1985 2:33 PM ET

FALL RIVER, MASS. FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) _ Omer D. Plourde, whose bakery made the wedding cake when John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in nearby Newport, R.I., in 1953, has died at age 74.

Plourde, who retired five years ago, died Thursday at his home.

Kennedy as a young senator had stopped occasionally at Plourde's Bakery in Fall River for cupcakes. The bakery also had made a 450-pound, nine-tier birthday cake for a Kennedy appearance in North Dartmouth.

Plourde, a former restaurant and market operator in Fall River, had run the bakery for 35 years.

He leaves his wife, Cecilia, two sons and a daughter.

A funeral Mass is scheduled for Monday.

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	Nov. 22, 1985 2:33 PM ET
	FALL RIVER, MASS. FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) _ Omer D. Plourde, whose bakery made the wedding cake when John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in nearby Newport, R.I., in 1953, has died at age 74.