TITLE:  Emil A. Dupont Sr., Obituary,  March 6, 2001,

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Emil A. Dupont Sr. 

LANCASTER - Emil A. Dupont Sr., 56, of Portland Street, died on
Tuesday March 6, 2001, at Weeks Medical Center after a long illness. 

Mr. Dupont was born on the family farm on Pond Hill in Lunenburg,
Vt, the son of Gerard and Doris (Couture) Dupont Sr. In his youth he
worked in the woods with his father and his brother. Most of his life
he has been employed as a mechanic. He worked for companies
including Thompson Manufacturing, Washburn Lumber Co.,
Timberland Machines, White Mountain Mack, Currier Chevrolet and
Central Paving. From 1978 to 2000 he owned and operated Dupont’s
Auto Clinic in Lancaster. 
The love of his life was pulling ponies. He and his family were known
throughout the pulling circuit as Dupont and Sons Pulling Ponies.
Memberships include the New England Draft Horse Pulling
Association and Eastern Draft Horse Pulling Association. He also
enjoyed NASCAR racing and westerns. 

Family members include his wife of 38 years, Joyce L. (Reed) Dupont
of Lancaster; two sons, Emil A. Dupont Jr. of Lancaster, Jeffrey A.
Dupont of Whitefield; two daughters Rosalee E. Gooden of
Whitefield, Emily B. Dupont of Waltham, Mass; his mother, Doris
Dupont of Whitefield; two brothers, Lucien Dupont and Gerard
Dupont Jr., both of Lunenburg, Vt.; one sister, Rita Dupont of
Lunenburg; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and aunt Bea
Sigouin, of Lunenburg; and a special niece, Betty Ann Stapleton of
Clermont, Fla. He was predeceased by a brother, Raymond Dupont. 

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Friday at All Saints
Church in Lancaster. The Rev. John Mazzei, pastor officiated. Burial
followed in Kilkenny View Cemetery, Jefferson. 

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