Obit : Joseph Arthur LACHAPELLE - Manville RI
The Valley Breeze
Janvier 2005
Joseph Arthur Lachapelle, 90, of New River Road, Manville, a retired plant superintendent, died Jan. 4 [2005] at St. Antoine Residence, North Smithfield. He was the husband of the late Germaine B. (Vinet) Lachapelle. Born in West Warwick, he was a son of the late Michel and Marie Laura (Ritchotte) Lachapelle. He had worked as a plant superintendent for the former United Merchants Corp. of Louiseville, Quebec, Canada and Elberton, Ga., for 30 years, retiring in 1980. He was a communicant of St. James Church in Manville. He belonged to the A.T.C. Curling Club in Louiseville for many years. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved boating and snowmobiling. He leaves a son, Richard A. Lachapelle of Burrillville; a daughter, Doris A. Taylor of South Attleboro, Mass.; a brother, Leo Lachapelle of Greenville; four sisters, Lillian Bliven of Lincoln, Florence Iannetta of Cumberland, Estelle Pandolfi of Manville, and Emma Filliatreault of Cumberland; and six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was a brother of the late Laure Poisson.