Bruno Alexander Boudreau passed away surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, January 16th at his home after a period of declining health.
Born on August 3rd, 1929 to the late Wilfred and Laura (Dumont) Boudreau, Bruno spent most of his life in Nashua, attending local schools to prepare him for a job that he loved working as a loom fixer in the textile mills. In 1955, Bruno joined the Nashua Police Department and retired as captain after 25 years of service to his community. Bruno moved on to work at Anheuser Busch in Merrimack in both bottling and brewing before retiring after 15 years. Bruno was a Jack of all trades having remodeled much of his own home, and using his carpentry skills to build furniture and complete many projects for himself and his family over the years.
The patriarch of the Boudreau family, Bruno was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. In addition to his parents, Bruno is pre-deceased by a daughter, Theresa Pauline Boudreau who died on May 3rd, 1999; his sisters and their husbands, Gertrude and Roland Bernard and Fleurette and Normand Laquerre; and his loving wife and sweetheart, Therese Marie Boudreau who died on November 23rd, 2013.
Bruno and Therese met at Duncan Beach in Windham, New Hampshire in 1948 and they were married on October 15th, 1949. They shared 64 wonderful years together and were an example of true love, faith and devotion to all who had the pleasure of knowing them. In their sorrow, Bruno’s family is overjoyed to know that Bruno and Therese are together again for eternity.
Together they shared 9 children: Denis and Lynn Boudreau of Winchester, NH; Celine and Oliver McCadden of Orlando, FL; Paul and Pauline Boudreau of Nashua, NH; Daniel and Radha Boudreau of Corona, CA; Lucie and Curtis Doble of Lenoir City, TN; Marc O. Boudreau of Nashua, NH; Theresa Boudreau of Hudson, NH; Christine and Robert Murphy of Goffstown, NH; Anne-Marie and Joseph Ryan of Hickory, NC; 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Other surviving members of his family include two sisters and their husbands, Rolande and Harold Goldman(deceased) of Winterhaven, FL and Mona and Carl Ricard of Leesburg, FL.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation towards the exceptional care and support provided to Bruno during his illness and final days by his son and his wife, Paul and Pauline Boudreau.
Calling hours will be held at the FARWELL FUNERAL HOME, 18 Lock Street, Nashua on Thursday, January 23rd from 5 to 7 p.m. A Requiem Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Stanislaus Church, 43 Franklin Street, Nashua, Friday, January 24th at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend and asked to kindly meet at church. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.farwellfuneralservice.com
