Hector Blanchette, of 127 Black Point Road, Niantic, passed on to our Lord in Heaven on Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Born November 4, 1922, the son of the late Augusta and Alma (Beaupre) Blanchette of Stockholm, Maine.
He moved from Hartford, CT to New Britain, CT after his marriage to Imelda Belanger of Caribou, Maine. He lived in New Britain until 1975 and then moved to Black Point in Niantic, CT for the the remainder of his life. He remarried after the death of his first wife in 1963 to Jane Glackin of New Britain. He lived alone after the death of Jane in 2001.
He is survived by three sons and their wives, Philip and Linda Blanchette of Coventry, CT, Gary and Christine of Ellington, CT, Jeff and Michelle of Ellicott City, MD. He is predeceased by three brothers, John Blanchette of Hartford, Damien and wife Dorothy of Fort Kent, ME, Michael and wife Marge of Sarasota, FL. He is also predeceased by one sister Annette Bouchard of Farmington, CT. He leaves three sisters, Babine Wolski and husband Earnie of Cincinnati, Ohio, Barbara Ouellette of Enfield, CT, Pauline Saucier of Bristol, CT, and Jackie Clark and husband Keith of Frenchville, Maine. He also leaves over 150 nieces and nephews and two grandchildren.
At the age of sixteen, he joined the CCC corp and then the U.S. Army in World War II. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the Amphibious Engineers of Company "D" of the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment. He fought in New Guinea, Luzon & Manila in the Philippines. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, Philippines Liberation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
He worked as an operating engineer until his retirement at age fifty-seven. He worked for Associated Construction, Arute Brothers and other large construction companies in the region. He helped to build many of the Interstate roads we all travel on in the northeastern United States. He most proud to work on the rebuilding of St. Joseph Cathedral in Hartford and as a crane operator placed the steeple on the building.
He was a proud member for sixty-two years, of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and V.F.W. Post 5849 of East Lyme, CT. He was also an active parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Niantic, CT and was an usher at mass on Sundays.
The funeral procession will assemble at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons East Lyme Funeral Home, 48 Grand Street, Niantic, and proceed to a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Agnes Church scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Meriden, at a later date.
Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Published in The Hartford Courant on June 13, 2010.
Born November 4, 1922, the son of the late Augusta and Alma (Beaupre) Blanchette of Stockholm, Maine.
He moved from Hartford, CT to New Britain, CT after his marriage to Imelda Belanger of Caribou, Maine. He lived in New Britain until 1975 and then moved to Black Point in Niantic, CT for the the remainder of his life. He remarried after the death of his first wife in 1963 to Jane Glackin of New Britain. He lived alone after the death of Jane in 2001.
He is survived by three sons and their wives, Philip and Linda Blanchette of Coventry, CT, Gary and Christine of Ellington, CT, Jeff and Michelle of Ellicott City, MD. He is predeceased by three brothers, John Blanchette of Hartford, Damien and wife Dorothy of Fort Kent, ME, Michael and wife Marge of Sarasota, FL. He is also predeceased by one sister Annette Bouchard of Farmington, CT. He leaves three sisters, Babine Wolski and husband Earnie of Cincinnati, Ohio, Barbara Ouellette of Enfield, CT, Pauline Saucier of Bristol, CT, and Jackie Clark and husband Keith of Frenchville, Maine. He also leaves over 150 nieces and nephews and two grandchildren.
At the age of sixteen, he joined the CCC corp and then the U.S. Army in World War II. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the Amphibious Engineers of Company "D" of the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment. He fought in New Guinea, Luzon & Manila in the Philippines. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, Philippines Liberation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
He worked as an operating engineer until his retirement at age fifty-seven. He worked for Associated Construction, Arute Brothers and other large construction companies in the region. He helped to build many of the Interstate roads we all travel on in the northeastern United States. He most proud to work on the rebuilding of St. Joseph Cathedral in Hartford and as a crane operator placed the steeple on the building.
He was a proud member for sixty-two years, of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and V.F.W. Post 5849 of East Lyme, CT. He was also an active parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Niantic, CT and was an usher at mass on Sundays.
The funeral procession will assemble at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons East Lyme Funeral Home, 48 Grand Street, Niantic, and proceed to a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Agnes Church scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Meriden, at a later date.
Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Published in The Hartford Courant on June 13, 2010.
Hector Blanchette, of 127 Black Point Road, Niantic, passed on to our Lord in Heaven on Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Born November 4, 1922, the son of the late Augusta and Alma (Beaupre) Blanchette of Stockholm, Maine.
He moved from Hartford, CT to New Britain, CT after his marriage to Imelda Belanger of Caribou, Maine. He lived in New Britain until 1975 and then moved to Black Point in Niantic, CT for the the remainder of his life. He remarried after the death of his first wife in 1963 to Jane Glackin of New Britain. He lived alone after the death of Jane in 2001.
He is survived by three sons and their wives, Philip and Linda Blanchette of Coventry, CT, Gary and Christine of Ellington, CT, Jeff and Michelle of Ellicott City, MD. He is predeceased by three brothers, John Blanchette of Hartford, Damien and wife Dorothy of Fort Kent, ME, Michael and wife Marge of Sarasota, FL. He is also predeceased by one sister Annette Bouchard of Farmington, CT. He leaves three sisters, Babine Wolski and husband Earnie of Cincinnati, Ohio, Barbara Ouellette of Enfield, CT, Pauline Saucier of Bristol, CT, and Jackie Clark and husband Keith of Frenchville, Maine. He also leaves over 150 nieces and nephews and two grandchildren.
At the age of sixteen, he joined the CCC corp and then the U.S. Army in World War II. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the Amphibious Engineers of Company "D" of the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment. He fought in New Guinea, Luzon & Manila in the Philippines. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, Philippines Liberation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
He worked as an operating engineer until his retirement at age fifty-seven. He worked for Associated Construction, Arute Brothers and other large construction companies in the region. He helped to build many of the Interstate roads we all travel on in the northeastern United States. He most proud to work on the rebuilding of St. Joseph Cathedral in Hartford and as a crane operator placed the steeple on the building.
He was a proud member for sixty-two years, of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and V.F.W. Post 5849 of East Lyme, CT. He was also an active parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Niantic, CT and was an usher at mass on Sundays.
The funeral procession will assemble at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons East Lyme Funeral Home, 48 Grand Street, Niantic, and proceed to a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Agnes Church scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Meriden, at a later date.
Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Published in The Hartford Courant on June 13, 2010.
Born November 4, 1922, the son of the late Augusta and Alma (Beaupre) Blanchette of Stockholm, Maine.
He moved from Hartford, CT to New Britain, CT after his marriage to Imelda Belanger of Caribou, Maine. He lived in New Britain until 1975 and then moved to Black Point in Niantic, CT for the the remainder of his life. He remarried after the death of his first wife in 1963 to Jane Glackin of New Britain. He lived alone after the death of Jane in 2001.
He is survived by three sons and their wives, Philip and Linda Blanchette of Coventry, CT, Gary and Christine of Ellington, CT, Jeff and Michelle of Ellicott City, MD. He is predeceased by three brothers, John Blanchette of Hartford, Damien and wife Dorothy of Fort Kent, ME, Michael and wife Marge of Sarasota, FL. He is also predeceased by one sister Annette Bouchard of Farmington, CT. He leaves three sisters, Babine Wolski and husband Earnie of Cincinnati, Ohio, Barbara Ouellette of Enfield, CT, Pauline Saucier of Bristol, CT, and Jackie Clark and husband Keith of Frenchville, Maine. He also leaves over 150 nieces and nephews and two grandchildren.
At the age of sixteen, he joined the CCC corp and then the U.S. Army in World War II. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the Amphibious Engineers of Company "D" of the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment. He fought in New Guinea, Luzon & Manila in the Philippines. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, Philippines Liberation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
He worked as an operating engineer until his retirement at age fifty-seven. He worked for Associated Construction, Arute Brothers and other large construction companies in the region. He helped to build many of the Interstate roads we all travel on in the northeastern United States. He most proud to work on the rebuilding of St. Joseph Cathedral in Hartford and as a crane operator placed the steeple on the building.
He was a proud member for sixty-two years, of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and V.F.W. Post 5849 of East Lyme, CT. He was also an active parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Niantic, CT and was an usher at mass on Sundays.
The funeral procession will assemble at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons East Lyme Funeral Home, 48 Grand Street, Niantic, and proceed to a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Agnes Church scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Meriden, at a later date.
Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Published in The Hartford Courant on June 13, 2010.
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