Harvey J. Boudreau

BOUDREAU, Harvey J. Harvey J. Boudreau, 86, of Glastonbury, loving husband of Eleanor (White) Boudreau for 61 years, died in Hartford on Friday, (June 19, 2009). He was born in Fall River, MA., August 17, 1922 to the late John and Mary (Stefanik) Boudreau. He graduated from Durfee High School and attended Thibodeau Business School before serving in World War II in the Navy aboard the USS Chevalier in Africa, South America, and the South Pacific. He worked at Pratt & Whitney for over 40 years in various positions, retiring in 1985 where he was active in golf, softball, and bowling leagues. A faithful communicant of St. Paul Church, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. Paul Men's Club, and a variety of other community organizations. Social and jovial, he was passionate about life, his family and his drawings. A long-time Glastonbury resident. In recent years he enjoyed traveling the downtown area in his motorized wheelchair listening to the church bells at St. Paul's and sitting by the fountain at Main Street and Hebron Avenue were favorite pastimes. Affectionately known as "Bubba", to friends and family alike, he is survived by his wife, Eleanor; children, Mark and his wife, Darlene of Manchester, JC and his wife, Lynn of Richmond, NH, and Craig of Oakland, NJ; grandchildren, Nicole, Joseph, and Brian; sisters, Rita Grace of Somerset, MA and Joyce Wood of Lockport, NY; and sister-in-law, Claire Boudreau of Swansea, MA.; and many great neighbors and friends at Salmon Brook and the local community. Funeral service will be Tuesday, June 23, 9:15 a.m. from the Mulryan Funeral Home, 725 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury, to St. Paul Church, 2577 Main St., Glastonbury for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Burial will military honors will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, Glastonbury. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday, June 22 from 5-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Glastonbury Volunteer Ambulance Association, P.O. Box, 453, Glastonbury, CT. 06033.