Laconia-----Donald Dumais Drouin, Sr., 77, a longtime resident of Laconia died in Sebring, Florida on April 27, 2011.
Mr. Drouin was born December 11, 1933 in Laconia, N.H., the son of Norman P. and Albina E. (Dumais) Drouin.
Mr. Drouin was raised in Laconia and was a 1948 graduate of Sacred Heart School. In 1952, he graduated from Laconia High School and then attended Plymouth State College where he received his BEd. in 1962 and his MEd. in 1972.
Mr. Drouin was a teacher, coach and assistant principal at Laconia High School as well as a teacher and coach at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover. He was also employed as the Alumni Director, Instructor- Education Department and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Plymouth State College, Plymouth, N.H., Dean of Student Affairs at Paul Smiths College, Paul Smiths, N.Y. and Administrator at the Belknap County Nursing Home, Laconia and the Masonic Home in Manchester, N.H.
Mr. Drouin served as an enlisted man and officer in the New Hampshire National Guard from 1951-1967. He was the Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Laconia, A Master Mason at Sight, only the third individual in the history of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, was a member of Horace Chase Lodge #72, Penacook, past president of the Laconia Kiwanis Club and past president of Hospice Laconia Area, Inc.
Mr. Drouin is survived by his wife, Priscilla S. (Cantin) Drouin, of Avon Park, Florida; children, Donald D. Drouin, Jr. of St. Paul, Minnesota, Donna Mae Drouin Bodie and her husband, Robert, of Boynton Beach, Florida, David G. Drouin and his wife, Holly, of Rindge, N.H. and Denise Y. Drouin of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; stepsons, Denis Gardner of Rye, N.H., Stephen Gardner and his wife, Greta, of Rye, N.H., Thomas Gardner and his wife, Jeann, of Moultonboro, N.H. and Robert “Barry” Gardner and his wife, Denise, of Lompoc, California; four grandchildren, Amanda M. Bellamy of Boston, Mass., Adam Bellamy of Jonesville, Virginia, Danielle P. Drouin of Keene, N.H. and Devin G. Drouin, of Rindge, N.H. ; a sister, Anita Drouin Maheux, of Laconia and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. Drouin was predeceased by his first wife, M. Pauline (Gaudet) Drouin, in 1982 and by a brother, Richard N. Drouin.
There will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 11:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish – Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield St., Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations may be made to the charity of their choice.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.