The mission of The American Legion is to provide service to veterans, their families and their communities.
Friday, November 18, 2016
More Pics from Veterans Day
These are some pics that Susan took, If anyone else has some please forward to me.Thanks
Veterans Day 2016
Thanks to all who help plan and support our Veterans Day program this year. Also to those who participated in the Veterans Appreciation day at the Elementary schools in Bartlett and North Conway. Here are a a few articles from the local paper.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Leo Gerard Champoux - Taps
Leo Gerard Champoux ended his hard-fought battle with cancer on Oct. 29, 2016, four days before his 83rd birthday. He was surrounded at home by his loving family, including Doris, his wife of 63 years, as he passed peacefully from this world into the hands of our Lord.
Leo was born in Biddeford, Maine, on Nov. 2, 1933, to Wilfrid and Georgiana Champoux. Besides his parents, he was also predeceased by his brother, Florian, and his wife Jeanne; his brother, Fernand; his sister, Rita, and her husband, Arthur Beaupre, and their sons, Richard and Gerard; and his sister, Reverend Sr. Gertrude.
Leo served in the Army at the end of the Korean War. He was happily united with his fiancée, Doris Drapeau, after a year and a half in Germany where they were wed by an Army chaplain. Three years later, Leo, with pride, was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant.
Upon their return to the States, they settled in Wakefield, Mass., where they raised their six children. During this time, he worked 25 years at American Biltrite in Cambridge followed by 15 years at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.
Leo and Doris moved to Bartlett after retirement in 1994, where they enjoyed the mountain life and the welcoming community of Our Lady of the Mountains Parish. He was an active member of the Knights of Columbus as well as a member of the American Legion. He especially enjoyed playing golf at the Wentworth and Eagle Mountain golf courses and also enjoyed skiing after taking it up in his 60s. Leo and Doris also enjoyed golfing and socializing during the winters in Myrtle Beach with their close friends.
Besides his loving wife, Doris, he leaves behind his five daughters, Jo Arnold and her husband, Ken; Sue Comosa and her husband, Brian;
Lynn Faherty and her husband, Sean; Peggy Freeman and her husband, Joe; and Cheryl Evansen and her husband, Ed; and son, Michael and wife, Doreen. Leo also leaves behind 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews and many dear friends.
The family would like to thank The Knights of Columbus as well as Leo and Doris’s friends and extended family for all their love, prayers and assistance during his illness.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dana Farber Thoracic Cancer Center (www.dana-farber.org) or to the Visiting Nurse and Home Hospice Care of Carroll County (www.vnhch.org ) from whom he benefitted from their exceptional care and compassion.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Mountains Church at 2905 White Mountain Highway in North Conway on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Bartlett, followed by a luncheon for family and friends.
To send a message of condolence, or for more information visit www.furberandwhite.com .
Executive Meeting changed to Monday Nov 7
Due to conflicts with Election Day the Post Executive meeting has been changed to Monday November 7th at 7 p.m.
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