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| − | + | [[File:RosaBobby-c39.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rosa and Bobby around 1939.]] As the baby of the family, it is no surprise that he got a lot of loving attention from Rosa. She doted on him and Norman. There were a number of years between them and the older children, and when the war was declared, Albert, Bill and Rita had left for the military, and Blanche and Cecile were married, so the two youngest were at home alone with Rosa and Onesime. They naturally had a very different childhood than the older children, as the depression was over, and the economics of the family were much healthier just with fewer people to feed. | |
When he was 7 at when the first sibling left for the war. Bobby shares the next part in his own words, "Bill had a 36(?) Pontiac coupe at the time. When he went in the army, he stored it at Merle Deane's, a local ESSO dealer. I used to go up every week and sit in his car, and pretend to drive it. That was a big thing for me during the war. It kept me connected to my older brothers who were fighting the war for us at home." | When he was 7 at when the first sibling left for the war. Bobby shares the next part in his own words, "Bill had a 36(?) Pontiac coupe at the time. When he went in the army, he stored it at Merle Deane's, a local ESSO dealer. I used to go up every week and sit in his car, and pretend to drive it. That was a big thing for me during the war. It kept me connected to my older brothers who were fighting the war for us at home." | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 1 April 2015
| Robert Ronald Gagnon | |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Born: | August 29, 1935 Livermore Falls, Maine |
| Died: | April 30, 2014 East Orland, Maine |
| Father: | Onesime Gagnon (1892) |
| Mother: | Rosa Yvonne Michaud |
| Spouse: | Annette Pomerleau Diann Lynn Knutson |
| Married: | May 25, 1957 (Pomerleau) November 19, 1977 (Knutson) |
| Children: | Cindy Gagnon (Pomerleau) Mark Gagnon (Pomerleau) Christina Gagnon (Pomerleau) Matthew Gagnon (Knutson) |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Residence: | Livermore Falls, Maine Walnut Creek, California Hampden, Maine East Orland, Maine |
| Profession: | Banker |
Robert's Childhood
As the baby of the family, it is no surprise that he got a lot of loving attention from Rosa. She doted on him and Norman. There were a number of years between them and the older children, and when the war was declared, Albert, Bill and Rita had left for the military, and Blanche and Cecile were married, so the two youngest were at home alone with Rosa and Onesime. They naturally had a very different childhood than the older children, as the depression was over, and the economics of the family were much healthier just with fewer people to feed.
When he was 7 at when the first sibling left for the war. Bobby shares the next part in his own words, "Bill had a 36(?) Pontiac coupe at the time. When he went in the army, he stored it at Merle Deane's, a local ESSO dealer. I used to go up every week and sit in his car, and pretend to drive it. That was a big thing for me during the war. It kept me connected to my older brothers who were fighting the war for us at home."
Robert Passes
Robert Ronald Gagnon, 78, passed away peacefully at home on April 30th, 2014, surrounded by his children and loved ones. He was born August 29, 1935 in Livermore Falls, the last of eight children of Onesime and Rosa Gagnon. He was baptized at St. Rose of Lima in Jay on September 1st, 1935. He had his Confirmation into the Catholic Church on September 22, 1946. That faith would turn into a deep foundation for his entire life, defining everything that he was. After graduating from Livermore Falls High School in 1953, he attended Farmington State Teacher’s College for two years, before marrying Annette Pomerleau on May 25th, 1957. They would go on to have three children.
After moving to California, Robert was inducted into the Army on June 26th, 1958, serving his country as his brothers had done before him. After returning from his time in the military, he began his career in banking at Security Pacific Bank, where he would eventually rise to become a Senior Vice President. He spent the next thirty years in the industry at various banks in both California and Maine. He remarried on November 19, 1977, to Diann Knutson, and they would go on to have one child, eventually moving back to Maine in 1984. Everyone around him was impacted by his warm personality, love and zest for life, the lessons he taught, the never-ending but always charming stories he told, and his devotion to helping friends and family.
Known affectionately as “Pépère” and “Uncle Bob” to virtually everyone and his family, he leaves a hole that can never be filled by anyone. Universally beloved by his family and friends, he is survived by his sister Rita Fuller of Jay; four children, Cindy Gagnon of CA., Mark Gagnon of CA., Christina Foster and her husband Mike of Gray; and Matthew Gagnon and his wife Erin of VA, two step-children, Erin Smith of Carmel and Wendy Neito and husband Michael of CA., as well as grandchildren, Michael, Annabell, Amelia, Alec and Colleen, and his partner of fourteen years, Sue Violette.
