Donald A. Lajeunesse, 93, of Troy died Monday August 12, 2019 at the Samaritan Hospital in Troy.
He was born in Lansingburgh on October 5, 1925 and was the first son of Alcide and Marion Wood Lajeunesse.
He graduated from Lansingburgh High School, also attended C.C.H.S. and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A decorated Navy veteran of WW II Pacific Theater, service in the USS Morrison DD 560 until it sank under fire from the Japanese Kamikaze airplanes off the coast of Okinawa on May 4, 1945.
He was employed by Harrison and Mero of Troy and the New York State Architects Office and O.G.S. He was appointed by the N.Y. State Senate and Assembly Leadership from 1960 to 1980 as Planning and Construction Consultant. Later he was founder on Lajeunesse Brothers Building Construction from which D. A. Lajeunesse Building and Remodeling is an off shoot. He was a building inspector in the North until his retirement in 1996.
Mr. Lajeunesse was a Communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Keeseville, Member of Keeseville/Saranac Elks lodge 2072, former Quarter Master for V.F.W. Keeseville Memorial Post 1505, a Paul Harris Fellow, Past President and Honorary Member of the Rotary of Menands, NY.
He is predeceased by his wife, Thelma (T.J.) Delaney Lajeunesse; survived by two sons, David A. Lajeunesse (Jan) and Philip C. Lajeunesse (Noreen), one daughter, Suzanne M. Busta (Ernie) and brother, A. Peter Lajeunesse. Also survived by his step son, Gary S. Buechs (Linda), and several nieces and nephews.
He was formerly married to Ruth E. Lajeunesse (deceased) and was predeceased by his brother, Robert C. Lajeunesse.
The interment with full military honors will be in the Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY.
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He was born in Lansingburgh on October 5, 1925 and was the first son of Alcide and Marion Wood Lajeunesse.
He graduated from Lansingburgh High School, also attended C.C.H.S. and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A decorated Navy veteran of WW II Pacific Theater, service in the USS Morrison DD 560 until it sank under fire from the Japanese Kamikaze airplanes off the coast of Okinawa on May 4, 1945.
He was employed by Harrison and Mero of Troy and the New York State Architects Office and O.G.S. He was appointed by the N.Y. State Senate and Assembly Leadership from 1960 to 1980 as Planning and Construction Consultant. Later he was founder on Lajeunesse Brothers Building Construction from which D. A. Lajeunesse Building and Remodeling is an off shoot. He was a building inspector in the North until his retirement in 1996.
Mr. Lajeunesse was a Communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Keeseville, Member of Keeseville/Saranac Elks lodge 2072, former Quarter Master for V.F.W. Keeseville Memorial Post 1505, a Paul Harris Fellow, Past President and Honorary Member of the Rotary of Menands, NY.
He is predeceased by his wife, Thelma (T.J.) Delaney Lajeunesse; survived by two sons, David A. Lajeunesse (Jan) and Philip C. Lajeunesse (Noreen), one daughter, Suzanne M. Busta (Ernie) and brother, A. Peter Lajeunesse. Also survived by his step son, Gary S. Buechs (Linda), and several nieces and nephews.
He was formerly married to Ruth E. Lajeunesse (deceased) and was predeceased by his brother, Robert C. Lajeunesse.
The interment with full military honors will be in the Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY.
PATRIOT GUARD RIDER PARTICIPATION.
Donald A. Lajeunesse, 93, of Troy died Monday August 12, 2019 at the Samaritan Hospital in Troy.
He was born in Lansingburgh on October 5, 1925 and was the first son of Alcide and Marion Wood Lajeunesse.
He graduated from Lansingburgh High School, also attended C.C.H.S. and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A decorated Navy veteran of WW II Pacific Theater, service in the USS Morrison DD 560 until it sank under fire from the Japanese Kamikaze airplanes off the coast of Okinawa on May 4, 1945.
He was employed by Harrison and Mero of Troy and the New York State Architects Office and O.G.S. He was appointed by the N.Y. State Senate and Assembly Leadership from 1960 to 1980 as Planning and Construction Consultant. Later he was founder on Lajeunesse Brothers Building Construction from which D. A. Lajeunesse Building and Remodeling is an off shoot. He was a building inspector in the North until his retirement in 1996.
Mr. Lajeunesse was a Communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Keeseville, Member of Keeseville/Saranac Elks lodge 2072, former Quarter Master for V.F.W. Keeseville Memorial Post 1505, a Paul Harris Fellow, Past President and Honorary Member of the Rotary of Menands, NY.
He is predeceased by his wife, Thelma (T.J.) Delaney Lajeunesse; survived by two sons, David A. Lajeunesse (Jan) and Philip C. Lajeunesse (Noreen), one daughter, Suzanne M. Busta (Ernie) and brother, A. Peter Lajeunesse. Also survived by his step son, Gary S. Buechs (Linda), and several nieces and nephews.
He was formerly married to Ruth E. Lajeunesse (deceased) and was predeceased by his brother, Robert C. Lajeunesse.
The interment with full military honors will be in the Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY.
PATRIOT GUARD RIDER PARTICIPATION.
He was born in Lansingburgh on October 5, 1925 and was the first son of Alcide and Marion Wood Lajeunesse.
He graduated from Lansingburgh High School, also attended C.C.H.S. and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A decorated Navy veteran of WW II Pacific Theater, service in the USS Morrison DD 560 until it sank under fire from the Japanese Kamikaze airplanes off the coast of Okinawa on May 4, 1945.
He was employed by Harrison and Mero of Troy and the New York State Architects Office and O.G.S. He was appointed by the N.Y. State Senate and Assembly Leadership from 1960 to 1980 as Planning and Construction Consultant. Later he was founder on Lajeunesse Brothers Building Construction from which D. A. Lajeunesse Building and Remodeling is an off shoot. He was a building inspector in the North until his retirement in 1996.
Mr. Lajeunesse was a Communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Keeseville, Member of Keeseville/Saranac Elks lodge 2072, former Quarter Master for V.F.W. Keeseville Memorial Post 1505, a Paul Harris Fellow, Past President and Honorary Member of the Rotary of Menands, NY.
He is predeceased by his wife, Thelma (T.J.) Delaney Lajeunesse; survived by two sons, David A. Lajeunesse (Jan) and Philip C. Lajeunesse (Noreen), one daughter, Suzanne M. Busta (Ernie) and brother, A. Peter Lajeunesse. Also survived by his step son, Gary S. Buechs (Linda), and several nieces and nephews.
He was formerly married to Ruth E. Lajeunesse (deceased) and was predeceased by his brother, Robert C. Lajeunesse.
The interment with full military honors will be in the Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY.
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