He was raised and schooled in Canada and moved to Holyoke in 1961. He later moved to Walter Street in the Willimansett section of Chicopee where he lived for 43 years before moving to Chicopee Falls in 2009. He served his country in the United Sta

tes Army and attained the rank of Private First Class. He was employed for 35 years and retired as a supervisor at the former Parsons Paper Mill in Holyoke. He later worked at Hampden Paper Company and Alcon Waste, both in Holyoke. He was a membe

r of Elder Council 69, Knights of Columbus and a communicant of Sainte Rose de Lima Church, both in Chicopee.