Name |
Richard J. LALONDE |
Born |
11 Jun 1931 |
Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Military |
Upper South Coast Guard, Retired As Cpo [2] |
Social Security Number |
007-22-8344 [3] |
_UID |
DBE415E971A1D51189730060081E6327C1DD |
Died |
28 Dec 1997 |
Windham, Cumberland, Maine [1] |
- Posted to Fred's Place Memorial Board (http://www.fredsplace.org/obit/obituary.shtml) on 2 Jan 2005.
I am writing this for my dad who passed away December 27th 1998. My father was the greatest man I will ever know. He taught me so much about life and what it has to offer. He always said you get out of life what you put in. He always said to treat others as you would like to be treated. He said to me so many great things that we have all either read from a book, or have heard from someone you know . I will never forget the day my father had his heart attack( the day after christmas) and changed the way I think and remember him on a daily basis. I have so many pictures of him, and a great silent vcr video of him while he toured on the Eastwind back in 62-63. My father had told me he was a lighthouse keeper on Bakers Light in Mass, but I never really became interested in his military background until a few years after he passed. I look at all the pictures I have and the vcr tape of the Eastwinds tour to many ports of call showing him and so many other coasties who had also toured on the Eastwind during Operation Deepfreeze. I realize this is not the traditional obituary you may expect to read, but I did not realize this wonderfull web-site existed until just last year(2003) I found out more about my fathers background on this web-site just by sending an e-mail under new arrivals. I heard from a wonderfull man who knew my dad when he was a lighthouse keeper on Bakers Light back in 1956. I never knew the year my dad served as a lighthouse keeper until I heard back from an e-mail I had sent asking more info on when my dad served on Bakers Light. I have also received many wonderfull e-mails from a few coasties who also knew my dad from the Eastwind. I am sending this non traditional late obituary announcement to inform anyone who may have served and known my father during his twenty one year career in the Coast Guard, and to share the knowledge of his past I have leared from hearing back from a few special people that knew my father until I found out about Fred's Place. I want to thank-you all who took the time to share a few good memories of my father. I pray for all the past, present and future military members who have given or are about to give more to this country than we will ever be able to give back. 01/02/05 Submitted by: Kimberley D. Lalonde elementlady@pivot.net
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Buried |
Abt 31 Dec 1997 |
Arlington Cemetery [4] |
- The inscription on his tombstone reads " I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life."
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Person ID |
I216 |
Vermette Family History |
Last Modified |
25 Jun 2008 |
Father |
Francis Richard LALONDE, b. 6 May 1899, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine , d. 5 Jan 1968, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine (Age 68 years) |
Mother |
Alma Rose MADORE, b. 23 Nov 1902, Barre, Washington, Vermont, United States , d. 27 Oct 1997, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine (Age 94 years) |
Married |
3 Sep 1923 |
Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine [5, 6] |
- Married at SS Peter and Paul Church
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Family ID |
F78 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |