Mr. Roger T. Austin

Mr. Roger T. Austin obituary, Manchester, NH

Mr. Roger T. Austin

Roger Austin Obituary

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ROGER T. AUSTIN MANCHESTER – Roger T. Austin, 89, died on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Mr. Austin was born on June 18, 1922, in Manchester, NH, the son of the late Thomas C. and Delia (Gauthier) Austin. He resided in Manchester and attended local schools. Mr. Austin graduated from West High School and attended St. Anselm's College. During World War II, he served with the United States Army Air Corps in Horsham Saint Faith, England with the 8th Air Force after attending Military Police School, in Miami Beach and Airplane and Engine Mechanic School at Keesler Field in Mississippi. He was awarded the European African Middle Eastern Theatre Service Medal with six bronze stars for campaigns in Ardennes, Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Air Offensive Europe. He was a member of the Manchester Police Department for seven years, and retired from New England Telephone after 30 years of service. Mr. Austin was a life member of the V.F.W., Post # 8214, and League of 1000 Men of Precious Blood Monastery. He was a communicant of The Parish of the Transfiguration, in Manchester. Members of his family include his two sons, Thomas William Austin and his wife Bonnie, of Bedford; William Roger Austin, and his wife Patti, of Goffstown; two daughters, Gail Marie Newell and her husband, Mark, of Bedford; Evelyn Delia Bushey and her husband Edward, of New Boston, NH; his son-in-law Edward Smith, of Goffstown; 14 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren. Mr. Austin was predeceased by his wife, Lucille (Poirier) Austin who died in October 2009, his daughter, Elaine Evelyn Smith, and by his two sisters, Lucille Psaledas and Antoinette Karwacki, of Manchester. SERVICES: Calling hours will be Thursday, October 13, from 4 to 8 P.M. at the Phaneuf Funeral Home, 250 Coolidge Avenue, in Manchester. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Friday, 10:00 a.m. at The Parish of the Transfiguration Church, 107 Alsace Street, in Manchester. Committal prayers followed by military honors and interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, in Manchester.

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