Andrew J. Paquette, 83, of 52 Central St. died in City Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Worcester as Joseph Andre, the son of Edmund and Seraphine (Provencal) Paquette and had lived in West Brookfield for 50 years. He was a self-employed masonry contractor, retiring four years ago.
Four generations of Paquettes have made a living working with stone. Lester Paquette said his father, Andrew Paquette, "became a mason after his own father fired him from the family's Worcester brick business around 1905. He knew a lot of the contractors because he'd delivered bricks to them, so he went right out and got a job with one of them at the age of 15. He became a union mason and he traveled a lot. He learned how to do plastering, so in the winter when he wasn't doing masonry, he could do that." All of his sons followed in their father's footsteps, as did his grandsons.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Stella (Beauregard) Paquette, Andrew leaves three sons, Edmund, Alvin and Lester, all of West Brookfield; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Casey; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Anna Frew.
Four generations of Paquettes have made a living working with stone. Lester Paquette said his father, Andrew Paquette, "became a mason after his own father fired him from the family's Worcester brick business around 1905. He knew a lot of the contractors because he'd delivered bricks to them, so he went right out and got a job with one of them at the age of 15. He became a union mason and he traveled a lot. He learned how to do plastering, so in the winter when he wasn't doing masonry, he could do that." All of his sons followed in their father's footsteps, as did his grandsons.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Stella (Beauregard) Paquette, Andrew leaves three sons, Edmund, Alvin and Lester, all of West Brookfield; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Casey; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Anna Frew.
Andrew J. Paquette, 83, of 52 Central St. died in City Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Worcester as Joseph Andre, the son of Edmund and Seraphine (Provencal) Paquette and had lived in West Brookfield for 50 years. He was a self-employed masonry contractor, retiring four years ago.
Four generations of Paquettes have made a living working with stone. Lester Paquette said his father, Andrew Paquette, "became a mason after his own father fired him from the family's Worcester brick business around 1905. He knew a lot of the contractors because he'd delivered bricks to them, so he went right out and got a job with one of them at the age of 15. He became a union mason and he traveled a lot. He learned how to do plastering, so in the winter when he wasn't doing masonry, he could do that." All of his sons followed in their father's footsteps, as did his grandsons.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Stella (Beauregard) Paquette, Andrew leaves three sons, Edmund, Alvin and Lester, all of West Brookfield; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Casey; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Anna Frew.
Four generations of Paquettes have made a living working with stone. Lester Paquette said his father, Andrew Paquette, "became a mason after his own father fired him from the family's Worcester brick business around 1905. He knew a lot of the contractors because he'd delivered bricks to them, so he went right out and got a job with one of them at the age of 15. He became a union mason and he traveled a lot. He learned how to do plastering, so in the winter when he wasn't doing masonry, he could do that." All of his sons followed in their father's footsteps, as did his grandsons.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Stella (Beauregard) Paquette, Andrew leaves three sons, Edmund, Alvin and Lester, all of West Brookfield; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Casey; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Anna Frew.
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