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SARASOTA, Fla. - Joseph Maurice Levasseur, 92, passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at the Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Fla. He was originally from Lille, Maine, one of 11 children born to Paul and Orise Oulette Levasseur. He and his wife, Marie Gallinelli Levasseur, lived in Sarasota, Fla. for more than 20 years since his retirement from Pratt and Whitney Aircraft (Manchester, Conn).
He is survived by his wife of nearly 65 years, Marie (originally from Gilman, Vt.;) and two children, Jim Levasseur, of Sanford, Fla., his partner. Sam, and Sandra L. Frederick. of Meriden, (husband, George). He has two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren all living in the Meriden area. He enjoyed taking his entire family on cruises to Bermuda, Alaska and the Caribbean. He has many nieces and nephews living mostly in Connecticut, California, Colorado, and Florida. Joe was a World War II Veteran having bravely served in Italy and Africa where he sustained life-long hearing damage. He enjoyed his summers in Clinton, fishing and boating.
His cremains will be interred in Meriden, along with four of his siblings, of which he was the last surviving member. A private ceremony for immediate family and close friends, with military honors, will be held later this year in Connecticut.
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1925 - 2017 (92 years)
