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From: "jmardes" <>
Subject: OBIT-JOSEPH W. PELLETIER-BURLINGTON VT FREE PRESS
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:25:21 -0400


04/29/2004JOSEPH W. "JOE" PELLETIER ST. ALBANS - Joseph W. "Joe" Pelletier,
79, died peacefully Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at his home with his loving
wife and family at his side. Joe was born in Stanford, Maine, on Sept. 25,
1924, son of the late Josephat and Anne (O'Niel) Pelletier. Joe served in
the Canadian Army during World War II. Following his discharge, he came to
St. Albans to work for Wirthmore Feeds. He later was employed by Central
Vermont Railway Inc. and retired as a machine operator after serving 40
years. Joe was a communicant of Holy Angels Church and a member of American
Legion Post 1. Aug. 17, 1952, he married Agnes Benoit. Besides his wife of
more than 51 years, he is survived by their children and their spouses,
Gloria and Brian Wood of Fairfield, Susan and Guy Palardy of Alburg, Alan
and Lisa Pelletier of Thempleton, Mass., Joseph James and Krist Pelletier of
Highgate Center; nine grandchildren, Renee Pelletier, Ryan Pelletier, Marc
Palardy, Nicole Palardy, Danielle Palardy, Jared Palardy, Connor Pelletier,
Sara Wood and Jeremy Wood; his brother, Lucien and his wife Si-mone
Pelletier, of GrandMere, Quebec; his sister, Rita Johnson, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia; and several nieces and nephews, including his special niece and
goddaughter, Diane Hilliker of St. Albans. He was predeceased by his
parents, an infant grandson, Cameron Pelletier, by his sister Annette
Richard and brothers Armand and Henry Pelletier. His family would like to
express very special thanks to the Franklin County Home Health Hospice for
the wonderful care that Joseph received. A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated Saturday, May 1, at 2 p.m. in Holy Angels Church. Friends may
call at the Brady & Levesque Funeral Home, 86 S. Main St., from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Friday. Interment will be in the Pelletier family lot in Mount
Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Franklin County
Home Health Agency, 3 Home Health Circle, St. Albans, Vt. 05478. On-line
condolences may be sent to his family at the Brady & Levesque web site:
www.bnlfh.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Brady & Levesque Funeral
Home.


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