Raymond Joseph Emile CHABOT

CHABOT, RAYMOND JOSEPH EMILE, 84, formerly of St. Petersburg, died Wednesday (Dec. 7, 2005) at Spanish Oaks Hospice in Savannah, Ga., after a long illness. He was born in Woonsocket, R.I., and was educated at the University of New Hampshire and Boston University School of Law. For many years he practiced law and served as a Judge of Probate in Danielson, Conn. In 1991 he retired to St. Petersburg. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Grange Order of Patrons of Husbandry, and was chairman of the Killingly Connecticut Democratic Party. In 2004 he was granted an honorary coat-of-arms, crest and badge from the College of Arms in London. He was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and an avid tennis player. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Dorothy; three daughters, Jo Ann Marie Rose Borowski, Alexandria, Va., Susan Doris Marie Mack, Athens, Ga., and Rita Jayne Elizabeth Drake, Savannah; and two grandchildren. Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, Savannah, Ga. --SAVANNAH, GA - Raymond Joseph Emile Chabot, Esq., 84 died Wednesday, the 7th of December 2005, at Spanish Oaks Hospice, Savannah, after a long illness. He was a native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, born September 29, 1921, the only child of Joseph Alphonse Chabot and Marie Berthe Sylvestre. On September 5, 1942 at St. Ann's Church, he married Dorothy Rita Marie Piette of Woonsocket. He was educated at the University of New Hampshire and Boston University School of Law, receiving an LL.B. degree in 1952.Mr. Chabot was for many years a resident of Danielson, Connecticut, where he practiced law and served as Judge of Probate, and where he and Dorothy raised their three daughters. In 1991 he retired to St. Petersburg, Florida. Until his final illness he was an avid tennis player. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Grange Order of Patrons of Husbandry, and was Chairman of the Killingly, Connecticut Democratic Party. In 2004 he was granted an honorary coatofarms, crest, and badge from the College of Arms in London. In Danielson he was a communicant of St. James Catholic Church, and in Florida, of St. John Vianney Catholic Church, St. Petersburg. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy; three daughters, JoAnnn Marie Rose, Mrs. Michael A. Borowski II of Alexandria, Virginia; Susan Doris Marie, Mrs. John C. Mack, Jr. of Athens, Georgia, formerly Littleton, Colorado; and Rita Jayne Elizabeth, Mrs. Charles E. Drake of Savannah, Georgia; sonsinlaw, Michael A. Borowski II and Charles E. Drake; and two grandchildren, Michael a. Borowski III and Vivienne Rita Drake.A funeral service will be held at Fox & Weeks, Hodgson Chapel, Savannah at 4:00 P.M. Monday, 12 December.Interment will be at St. James Cemetery, Danielson, Connecticut. Remembrances: Masses in his memory or donations to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.