evening, July 15, 2006 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White
River Junction, VT.
He was born in Windsor, VT on April 4, 1926 the son of Peter Exavier and
Suzane Marie (Quetier) Raymond and had resided in Claremont since 1949. He
graduated from Windsor High School and was a veteran of World War II having
served in Germany with the U.S. Army-Air Corp.
He retired in 1989 from Joy Manufacturing Co. where he worked for forty
years in assembly, inspection and final testing. He had previously worked
with his father in the landscape business in Windsor and after his
retirement he worked with his children with their businesses.
Pete was a member of Father Cote Council and Assembly Knights of Columbus,
the American Legion Post of Windsor, a member and Past Commander of V.F.W.
Post #808, the Moose Lodge #1201, the Polish American Citizens Club, a
former Boy Scout Leader of Troop #32 and a member and a former director for
twenty years of the Claremont Federal Credit Union. He enjoyed music and
played with the Eddie Wynn Band, the Yacht Club Orchestra, the Legion Drum
Corp, the Army Air Force Band and numerous other area bands.
He loved his family, his dog, "Molly" and was an avid Red Sox fan.
The surviving family includes his wife, Mary A. (Lasky) Raymond of Claremont
whom he married on Nov. 27, 1947; three sons, William "Buzzy" Raymond, Jr.
and his wife, Glenda of Palmer, AK, Jeffrey P. Raymond and his fiancée Nancy
Lizotte of Claremont and Bradley John Raymond and his partner, Lorice Pierce
of Claremont; two daughters, Suzanne Marie Rivard and her husband Michael of
Charlestown and Patricia "Tish" Royce and her partner J. Young of
Springfield, VT; nineteen grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and
several cousins.
Friends may call at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street on Tuesday
evening from 6 to 8 PM.
The Knights of Columbus will conduct a service at the funeral home at 6:15
PM and the Moose Lodge at 7:00 PM on Tuesday evening.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday morning,
July 19th at Eleven O'clock at St Mary's Church with Rev. Father Shawn M.
Therrien, Pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow in Mt View Cemetery.
The family suggest that donations may be made in his memory to the American
Heart Association, Two Wall Street, Manchester, NH 03101-1518; The Tribute
Fund, New Hampshire Association For The Blind, 25 Walker Street, Concord, NH
03301-9977 or The American Cancer Society, 360 Route 101 Unit #8, Bedford,
NH 03220.