Published in The Boston Globe (Boston MA) on 19 Jan 1975, Page 74
Napoleon R Amelotte, of Wilmington, January 16, of 59 Glen Road. Husband of Mildred T. (Ryberg). Father of Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington, Paul F. Amelotte of Worcester, and Mrs. Gloria Jodoin Blair of Medford. Brother of Herman Adelotte of Vermont and Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester.
Life member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts. Life member of AMVETS.
Funeral from the W.S. Cavanaugh and Son Funeral Home, 374 Main St. (Rte. 38), Wilmington, on Monday morning at 9:15. Funeral mass at St. Dorothy's Church at 10 a.m. Friends may call Saturday 7-9 and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
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Published in The Boston Globe (Boston MA) on 20 Jan 1975, Page 29
Napoleon R. Amelotte used to tell friends that the proudest day of his life was in 1947 w hen he was graduated from Boston's High School of Commerce. He was 53 and the oldest student to graduate that year.
Mr. Amelotte, of 59 Glen Rd., died Thursday at the age of 81 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital [in] Medford.
He was born in Spencer and was hired for his first job at 13, lighting 52 gas-burning street lamps each evening after school in Worcester. At 15 he left Worcester's Notre Dame parochial school to take a full-time job in a toolmaking company. Some years later, he moved to Boston where he got married and joined the Boston Police Department. For a number of years he served on the harbor patrol boats.
During his years on the police force, Mr. Amelotte studied criminal law at Boston University and took a number of correspondence courses. But [he] never received a high school diploma until that day in June 1947.
After leaving the Police Department he worked as a security guard at the old Watertown Arsenal. In World War II he enlisted in the Coast Guard and served as an operations officer for Boston Harbor, which he which he was familiar with from his days on the harbor patrol. After World War II he worked for a number of years in marine engineering.
Mr. Amelotte lived in Stoneham before moving to Wilmington 11 years ago. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts.
He leaves his wife Mildred T. (Ryberg); a son, Paul of Worcester; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington and Mrs. Gloria J. Blair of Medford; a brother, Herman Adelotte of Vermont; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester; and several grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. today in St. Dorothy's Church.
Napoleon R Amelotte, of Wilmington, January 16, of 59 Glen Road. Husband of Mildred T. (Ryberg). Father of Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington, Paul F. Amelotte of Worcester, and Mrs. Gloria Jodoin Blair of Medford. Brother of Herman Adelotte of Vermont and Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester.
Life member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts. Life member of AMVETS.
Funeral from the W.S. Cavanaugh and Son Funeral Home, 374 Main St. (Rte. 38), Wilmington, on Monday morning at 9:15. Funeral mass at St. Dorothy's Church at 10 a.m. Friends may call Saturday 7-9 and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
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Published in The Boston Globe (Boston MA) on 20 Jan 1975, Page 29
Napoleon R. Amelotte used to tell friends that the proudest day of his life was in 1947 w hen he was graduated from Boston's High School of Commerce. He was 53 and the oldest student to graduate that year.
Mr. Amelotte, of 59 Glen Rd., died Thursday at the age of 81 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital [in] Medford.
He was born in Spencer and was hired for his first job at 13, lighting 52 gas-burning street lamps each evening after school in Worcester. At 15 he left Worcester's Notre Dame parochial school to take a full-time job in a toolmaking company. Some years later, he moved to Boston where he got married and joined the Boston Police Department. For a number of years he served on the harbor patrol boats.
During his years on the police force, Mr. Amelotte studied criminal law at Boston University and took a number of correspondence courses. But [he] never received a high school diploma until that day in June 1947.
After leaving the Police Department he worked as a security guard at the old Watertown Arsenal. In World War II he enlisted in the Coast Guard and served as an operations officer for Boston Harbor, which he which he was familiar with from his days on the harbor patrol. After World War II he worked for a number of years in marine engineering.
Mr. Amelotte lived in Stoneham before moving to Wilmington 11 years ago. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts.
He leaves his wife Mildred T. (Ryberg); a son, Paul of Worcester; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington and Mrs. Gloria J. Blair of Medford; a brother, Herman Adelotte of Vermont; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester; and several grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. today in St. Dorothy's Church.
Published in The Boston Globe (Boston MA) on 19 Jan 1975, Page 74
Napoleon R Amelotte, of Wilmington, January 16, of 59 Glen Road. Husband of Mildred T. (Ryberg). Father of Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington, Paul F. Amelotte of Worcester, and Mrs. Gloria Jodoin Blair of Medford. Brother of Herman Adelotte of Vermont and Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester.
Life member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts. Life member of AMVETS.
Funeral from the W.S. Cavanaugh and Son Funeral Home, 374 Main St. (Rte. 38), Wilmington, on Monday morning at 9:15. Funeral mass at St. Dorothy's Church at 10 a.m. Friends may call Saturday 7-9 and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
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Published in The Boston Globe (Boston MA) on 20 Jan 1975, Page 29
Napoleon R. Amelotte used to tell friends that the proudest day of his life was in 1947 w hen he was graduated from Boston's High School of Commerce. He was 53 and the oldest student to graduate that year.
Mr. Amelotte, of 59 Glen Rd., died Thursday at the age of 81 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital [in] Medford.
He was born in Spencer and was hired for his first job at 13, lighting 52 gas-burning street lamps each evening after school in Worcester. At 15 he left Worcester's Notre Dame parochial school to take a full-time job in a toolmaking company. Some years later, he moved to Boston where he got married and joined the Boston Police Department. For a number of years he served on the harbor patrol boats.
During his years on the police force, Mr. Amelotte studied criminal law at Boston University and took a number of correspondence courses. But [he] never received a high school diploma until that day in June 1947.
After leaving the Police Department he worked as a security guard at the old Watertown Arsenal. In World War II he enlisted in the Coast Guard and served as an operations officer for Boston Harbor, which he which he was familiar with from his days on the harbor patrol. After World War II he worked for a number of years in marine engineering.
Mr. Amelotte lived in Stoneham before moving to Wilmington 11 years ago. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts.
He leaves his wife Mildred T. (Ryberg); a son, Paul of Worcester; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington and Mrs. Gloria J. Blair of Medford; a brother, Herman Adelotte of Vermont; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester; and several grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. today in St. Dorothy's Church.
Napoleon R Amelotte, of Wilmington, January 16, of 59 Glen Road. Husband of Mildred T. (Ryberg). Father of Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington, Paul F. Amelotte of Worcester, and Mrs. Gloria Jodoin Blair of Medford. Brother of Herman Adelotte of Vermont and Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester.
Life member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts. Life member of AMVETS.
Funeral from the W.S. Cavanaugh and Son Funeral Home, 374 Main St. (Rte. 38), Wilmington, on Monday morning at 9:15. Funeral mass at St. Dorothy's Church at 10 a.m. Friends may call Saturday 7-9 and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
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Published in The Boston Globe (Boston MA) on 20 Jan 1975, Page 29
Napoleon R. Amelotte used to tell friends that the proudest day of his life was in 1947 w hen he was graduated from Boston's High School of Commerce. He was 53 and the oldest student to graduate that year.
Mr. Amelotte, of 59 Glen Rd., died Thursday at the age of 81 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital [in] Medford.
He was born in Spencer and was hired for his first job at 13, lighting 52 gas-burning street lamps each evening after school in Worcester. At 15 he left Worcester's Notre Dame parochial school to take a full-time job in a toolmaking company. Some years later, he moved to Boston where he got married and joined the Boston Police Department. For a number of years he served on the harbor patrol boats.
During his years on the police force, Mr. Amelotte studied criminal law at Boston University and took a number of correspondence courses. But [he] never received a high school diploma until that day in June 1947.
After leaving the Police Department he worked as a security guard at the old Watertown Arsenal. In World War II he enlisted in the Coast Guard and served as an operations officer for Boston Harbor, which he which he was familiar with from his days on the harbor patrol. After World War II he worked for a number of years in marine engineering.
Mr. Amelotte lived in Stoneham before moving to Wilmington 11 years ago. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Massachusetts.
He leaves his wife Mildred T. (Ryberg); a son, Paul of Worcester; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia O. Lothrope of Wilmington and Mrs. Gloria J. Blair of Medford; a brother, Herman Adelotte of Vermont; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Black of Dorchester; and several grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. today in St. Dorothy's Church.
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