Leicester, Massachusetts, USA
Died April 12, 2020
Age 91
Source: New York State Nurses Association
Obituary
Richard “Dick” Duquette, 91, of Leicester, Ma.and East Haven,Ct., succumbed to the Coronavirus on April 12, 2020… In 1951 he was drafted into the army and was stationed in Augsburg, Germany during the Korean conflict. Mr.Duquette served on the army’s first national ski patrol in Gamache,Germany and competed in 1951-1952 EUCOM Championships in Berchtesgaden,Germany as a downhill racer.Upon discharge he attended MIT and then owned a GE franchise repairing televisions and radios. Later he worked in the electrical engineering department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute until retirement. He was an FCC HAM radio operator,an artist & craftsman and a handyman who could fix just about anything.
Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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