BRIGHTON/STURBRIDGE - Brother Stephen P. Goguen, A.A., 70, died Saturday, April 19, in the Assumptionist Center, Brighton, after a long illness.
He leaves his Assumptionist brothers and nieces and nephews.
He was born in Gardner, son of the late Albert and Angeline (Roy) Goguen. He graduated from Assumption Preparatory School in Worcester and earned advanced degrees in English and Psychology from the SUNY in Buffalo, NY
He was professed as an Augustinian of the Assumption on February 28, 1960. He served in community assignments as a teacher, administrator and formator at Our Lady of Lourdes Minor Seminary in Cassadaga, NY, at Incarnation Parish in Tampa, FL, at Assumption College in Worcester, at Saint Anne’s Church and Shrine in Sturbridge and at the Assumptionist Center in Brighton. He was a trustee of Assumption College since 1982.
The funeral will be held Wednesday, April 23, at 10:00 AM in Saint Anne and Saint Patrick Church, 16 Church Street, Sturbridge. The Rev. Dennis Gallagher, A.A., Regional Superior, will be the principal concelebrant. Among the concelebrants will be the Very Reverend Marcel Poirier, A.A., Provincial Superior of North America. Burial will be in Saint Anne’s Cemetery, Sturbridge. Calling hours will be from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Tuesday, April 22, in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Assumption College, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, with a wake service at 8:00 PM. The Reverend Claude L. Grenache, A.A., Local Superior, will preside. Another calling hour will be from 9:00 AM Wednesday, April 23, at Saint Anne and Saint Patrick Church, Sturbridge, before the Mass. In conformity with Assumptionist practice, flowers should be omitted. Contributions may be made to the Funding for the Care of Senior Assumptionists, 330 Market St., Brighton, MA 02135. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School Street, Webster, MA .