TITLE:   Alfred J. "Pete" Casavant, Obituary, Nov. 15, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Exeter Newsletter, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             Exeter, NH (issue Nov 17, 2000 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Jan 2001

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Alfred J. Casavant 

HAMPTON - Alfred J. "Pete" Casavant, 82, of 23 Thayer Road, died Wednesday,
Nov. 15, 2000, in Catholic Medical Center, Manchester. 

He was born Oct. 17, 1918, in Eliot, Maine, the son of the late Alfred and 
Marie Louise (Tondreault) Casavant. He resided in Manchester before moving to
Hampton in 1967. 

He was a 1936 graduate of Berwick Academy. 

Mr. Casavant was a district supervisor for northern New England with the 
Campbell Soup Co., and retiring in 1981 with 39 years of service. He began 
his career with the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P Food Stores) and worked 
as the store manager in South Berwick, Maine, Exeter, Newmarket and Hampton. 

He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish where he 
served as an usher and was an active member of St. Vincent de Paul Society 
and a member and past president of the Holy Name Society, often serving as an
acolyte for funerals or as a coordinator for church functions. He often 
drove patients to medical appointments. 

He was an avid Boston Red Sox and Portland Sea Dogs fan. 

He is survived by his wife, Dorothea M. (Underhill) Casavant, with whom he 
would have celebrated 58 years of marriage on Dec. 5; one son and his wife, 
Steven and Mary Jane Casavant of Hooksett; one daughter and her husband, 
Shelley and Robert Regan of Hampton Falls; seven grandchildren; seven 
great-grandchildren; one brother, Roland Casavant of New York, N.Y.; one 
sister, Marie E. Tetreault of New Bedford, Mass.; and several nieces and 
nephews. 

He was predeceased by one brother, Leo Casavant; and one sister, Lorraine 
Parent. 

Calling hours will be held Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Remick &
Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. in Our Lady
of the Miraculous Medal Church, Hampton. Burial will be in High Street 
Cemetery, Hampton. 

Memorial donations may be made to the Pete Casavant Scholarship Fund, c/o 
Sacred Heart School, 289 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842. 


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