Rosaire PARISEAU
Obituary

WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (MA) - JULY 31, 2002
DECEASED NAME: ROSAIRE PARISEAU, 93
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- ROSAIRE PARISEAU, 93, OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FORMERLY OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS., DIED JUNE 15 IN POMPANO BEACH, FLA.

HIS WIFE, THELMA (ANGER) PARISEAU, DIED IN 1999. HE LEAVES A SON, RUSSELL PARISEAU OF NEW YORK A BROTHER, BERNARD PARISEAU OF CHELMSFORD, MASS. AND A SISTER, RUTH KNOX OF FAIRFIELD, CONN. HE WAS BORN IN SOUTHBRIDGE, SON OF ESDRAS AND BLANCHE (LAPIERRE) PARISEAU, AND LIVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE RETIRING TO FORT LAUDERDALE IN 1968. HE MOVED AS A TEENAGER TO ELIZABETH, N.J., WHERE HE BEGAN AN APPRENTICESHIP IN THE ELECTRICAL TRADE. HE LATER EARNED A MASTER ELECTRICIAN CERTIFICATE IN BOSTON. DURING WORLD WAR II, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE BOSTON NAVY YARD AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN.

MR. PARISEAU STARTED PARISEAU ELECTRICAL SERVICE, SOUTHBRIDGE, IN 1935, RETIRING IN 1968. MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL WIRING AND MUSEUM LIGHTING AT OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE WAS HIS WORK. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GIBRALTER CLUB, THE LIONS CLUB, AND WAS A DISTRICT LEADER OF THE MOHEGAN COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS. AN ACCOMPLISHED MAGICIAN, HE FREQUENTLY PERFORMED BENEFIT SHOWS. HE TAUGHT IN THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE FORMER COLE TRADE HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTHBRIDGE.

A GRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR MR. PARISEAU AND HIS WIFE WILL BE HELD AT 11:30 A.M. SATURDAY, AUG. 3, IN NEW NOTRE DAME CEMETERY, SOUTHBRIDGE. SANSOUCY FUNERAL HOME, 40 MARCY ST., SOUTHBRIDGE, IS DIRECTING ARRANGEMENTS.




Learn more about the life of    Rosaire PARISEAU.

Visit Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.