Lucien Veilleux Obituary (1933 - 2024)

Waterville: Lucien Veilleux passed away Sunday, September 15th holding the hand of his dear wife of sixty-five years. Lucien was born on Thanksgiving morning November 30,1933. He was the middle child of John and Josephine Veilleux in Waterville, Maine. He graduated from Waterville High School in 1951. He enjoyed sports, especially baseball and candlepin bowling. He was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and The Patriots. He joined the Air Force in April 1952 and served in Japan during the Korean Conflict. He was selected as “Airman of the Month” by “Stars and Stripes” Magazine. In April 1954, he was promoted to Senior Airman, to be in charge of the machine shop, with the rank of NCIOC. He was discharged in March 1956 and while attending SMVTI in Portland he met Glennis Bubier. They courted for three years and were married on April 4, 1959. They were blessed with three wonderful children: Kevin, Garrett and Karen. Lucien was proprietor of Veilleux’s Meat Market from 1958 to 1967. Then he went onto work at Laverdiere’s Super Drug Stores as manager in the Waterville area for 26 years until they sold to Rite- Aid in 1995. Lucien is survived by his wife Glennis; children Kevin, Garrett and Karen; his brother Roland of Skowhegan; his sister Vernette Dechaine of Statesboro, Georgia; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents John and Josephine Veilleux; brother Leonel Veilleux and his wife Bernley; his sister Jeannette Bourgoin and her husband Roland; his sister in-law Evelyn Veilleux; his brother in-law Roland Dechaine; His mother and father in-law Dorothy and Richard Bubier; brother in-law Clarence(Sonny) Bubier; two sisters in-law Delores Levesque and husband John and Connie Wood and husband Harold. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, September 24th at 11:00 am at Notre Dame Catholic Church, Silver Street, Waterville, Maine. A reception will take place after the burial back at the church hall. The burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery Fairfield Maine. A special thank you goes out to Togus Springs Hospice Care for their excellent, loving and tender care that they showed Lucien in his last week. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Waterville Animal Shelter, 100 Webb Rd, Waterville, ME 04901 Services are in the care of Veilleux-Redington-Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, Elm Street, Waterville, Maine. Please visit www.vrlfuneralhome.com to view the memorial page and sign the on-line guest book. Obituary was primarily written by Lucien himself.