Roland A. GAUDETTE

PLATTSBURGH -- Brother Roland A. Gaudette, 71, a Brother of Christian Instruction for 53 years, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh. He was born in Lowell, Mass., on May 15, 1934, son of the late Armand and Emelia (Richard) Gaudette.Brother Roland was a teacher at St. Peter's in Plattsburgh in 1954; a teacher at Mount Assumption Institute in Plattsburgh in 1956; a teacher at Denis Hall in Alfred, Maine, in 1957; superior and principal at Denis Hall in 1959; a teacher at MAI in 1966; principal at Denis Hall in 1970; novice in Rome, Italy, in 1973; teacher at MAI in 1978; vocation director at the Provincialate in Alfred in 1978; superior and principal at Denis Hall in 1979; dean of resident students at MAI in 1980; director general at Notre Dame in Alfred in 1981; assistant principal at MAI in 1982; principal at St. Peter's in 1983; novice in Rome in 1987; teacher and campus minister at MAI/Seton Catholic in 1987; pastoral associate in Farmington, Maine, in 1991; teacher at Seton Catholic in 1991; pastoral associate at St. Joseph's in Treadwells Mill in 1993; principal and superior at St. Alexander's in Morrisonville in 1997; and pastoral associate in Plattsburgh in 1999.Brother Roland is survived by a sister, Fernande Gaudette of Plattsburgh, and several cousins.Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tonight at St. Joseph's Church in Treadwells Mill. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 9 a.m. Tuesday from St. Alexander's Church in Morrisonville. Evening prayer services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Notre Dame Chapel in Alfred, Maine. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Wednesday at Notre Dame Chapel in Alfred with burial to follow in Brother's Cemetery.Donations in Brother Roland's memory may be made to St. Joseph's Church in Treadwells Mill.