Laurence P Berthiaume Obituary (1956 - 2010)

Laurence P. Berthiaume Old Town and Orono—Laurence P. Berthiaume, 53, lost his battle to pancreatic cancer at the Cancer Center of America in Philadelphia on Saturday June 5, 2010. He was born July 18, 1956 in Worcester, MA a son of William E. Sr. and Rita L. (Lord) Berthiaume. Larry’s greatest passions in life were teaching and coaching. He started his teaching career at Washburn for four years and has been teaching at Orono High School for the past 29 years. He truly enjoyed being a mentor to the many students and athletes he worked with during his 33 years of teaching and coaching. He was an amazing individual with a great sense of humor and loved to sing. He enjoyed fishing, tying flies, his camp at West Lake, snowmobiling, and four-wheeling. He refereed soccer and coached many sports including hockey, soccer, and baseball, but his true love was soccer. He also enjoyed cycling, wood-working, and following the Red Sox and Bruins. Larry loved life. He is survived by his wife of 29 years Cathy of Old Town; daughter Angie Vaillancourt and her husband Ryan of Old Town; three grandchildren Andrew, Alyssa, Rylee; his father William Berthiaume Sr of Worcester, MA; siblings Joanne Gallant and her husband Richard of Whitinsville, MA; William Berthiaume Jr of Leicester, MA; Ann-Marie Dufries and her husband Gary of Leicester, MA; Judy Berthiaume and her companion Paula Martineau of Rochdale, MA, Linda Colby and her husband Wayne of Leicester, MA, Barbara Masuzzo and her husband Mark of Oxford, MA; many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was predeceased by his mother and a sister Marilyn Sullivan. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 PM Thursday at the Birmingham Funeral Home 438 Main Street Old Town. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 3PM Friday at Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord, Holy Family Church, 429 Main Street Old Town. Immediately following the service all are invited to the Knights of Columbus Hall 5 Gilman falls Ave, Old Town for a luncheon and continued fellowship. Memorial contributions may be made to the National pancreatic Cancer Foundation 3962 S. Delaware Street Englewood, CO 80110http://pancreaticcancerfoundation.com/ Condolences may be left at www.birminghamfuenralhome.com