DUDLEY - Omer C. DesLauriers, 89, of 19 Charlton Road, died Sunday, April 28, in Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge. His wife of 57 years, Marion L. (Cotton) DesLauriers, died on February 14.
He leaves a daughter, Mary D. Brousseau and her husband Thomas W. of Dudley; two grandsons, Christopher T. Brousseau and his wife Wendy of Centennial, CO, and Jeffrey R. Brousseau of Denver, CO; and close friends, Norman and Joan Dumas of Webster. He was awaiting the birth of his great grandson, “Little B.” He was preceded in death by his daughter Marion in 1964 and by his siblings Jeannette, Alice, Emile and Lorraine.
He was born and raised in Southbridge, a son of Joseph and Augustine (Giroux)
DesLauriers. He earned his Baccalaureat from the University of Nantes. He then was awarded simultaneously two Master Degrees from Assumption College in Worcester, one in French and another in Philosophy. He lived in Charlton for
many years before moving to Dudley.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Mr. DesLauriers was a French teacher and then the head of the Foreign Language Department for 20 years at Mansfield High School, retiring in 1972. He was a member of Saint Joseph’s Church in Charlton.
Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. There are no
calling hours. Instead of flowers, the family would prefer that donations be
made to the Shepherd Hill Teachers’ Award, c/o Cynthia Boyd, Shepherd Hill
Regional High School, 68 Dudley-Oxford Road, Dudley, MA 01571. Funeral
arrrangements are under the direction of the Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School Street, Webster.