Donald J. Bourassa

Donald J. Bourassa Donald J. Bourassa, 84, of Augusta, Maine, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at Maine Veterans Home in Augusta. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Augusta, with burial at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Calumet Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 2085, Augusta, ME 04330. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www. plummerfh.com. Plummer Funeral Home in Augusta (877-622-9311) is handling arrangements. He was born in Winslow, Maine, on Oct. 15, 1921. Don served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II in the China-Burma-India theater and also in the Pacific theater. He was a graduate of Coburn Classical Institute and Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and the University of Maine Law School in Portland, Maine. He practiced law for many years in Augusta. Don was a life member of the Calumet Club and for many years was legal officer and trustee for the Calumet Educational Foundation. Mr. Bourassa was also a member of the Kennebec Bar Association, Maine Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Don was a former member of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and the American Judicature Society. Survivors include a son, Donald C. Bourassa (and wife Eileen) of Tallahassee; four daughters, Deborah Herman (and husband Peter) of Apalachin, N.Y., Dr. Kathleen Petersen (and husband Daniel) of Augusta, Cynthia Bryant of Essex Junction, Vt., and Judith Joy (and husband Scott) of Stratham, N.H.; three brothers, Frank, Leo and Ralph Bourassa, all of Winslow; two sisters, Jackie Bourassa of Winslow and Irma Munro of Waterville, Maine; and 11 grandchildren. Don was preceded in death by his wife, Priscilla Bryant Bourassa.