Leonel Roland LACASSE

Leonel Roland LaCasse, 63, of West Stewartstown and formerly of Bloomfield, died on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at the Coös County Nursing Hospital. Mr. LaCasse was born November 4, 1941 in North Stratford, son of the late Armand C. and Antoinette G. (Roby) LaCasse. He served proudly in the Army, enlisting in 1959 and serving during the Panama Canal crisis. He transferred to Germany, where he was honorably discharged in 1965. After returning to the North Country, he worked for Rainville & Ladd Store as a meat cutter, and for Washburn Lumber for several years. He was a member of the Northland American Legion Post 47 in Canaan, and of the Nulhegan VFW Post 5243 in Stratford. Mr. LaCasse is survived by four brothers, Raymond LaCasse Sr. of Sterling, Ky., Freeman "Buddy" LaCasse and his wife Odella of Cherokee Village, Ark., Donald LaCasse and companion Donna Gould of Colebrook, and Robert LaCasse and his wife Jackie of Hooksett; three sisters, Virginia Johnson and her husband Ronald of Nashua, Dianne Worth and her husband David of Island Pond, and Susan Lepine and her husband Daniel of Beecher Falls; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. There will be no calling hours. A memorial mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 16 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Canaan, with The Reverend Craig Cheney as celebrant. An interment service will be held at St. Brendan¹s Catholic Cemetery in Colebrook, with military honors to follow. Expressions of sympathy in Mr. LaCasse's memory may be made to the VFW, Vermont Division, 126 State Street, PO Box 1248, Montpelier, VT 05602. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins Funeral Home in Colebrook. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net.