George Raymond DUclos
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., reports that George Raymond Duclos, age 86, passed away quietly on February 15, 2020 bordered by his family members.
Born in 1933, George Duclos signed up with Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding at 22 years of ages as well as, with the assistance of his companions as well as his family members (specifically his partner, Pauline), expanded business to come to be acknowledged worldwide as a premier home builder of little business vessels consisting of high-speed catamaran ferryboats, pilot as well as patrol watercrafts, tugboats, as well as research study vessels.
The firm had actually constructed almost 400 vessels upon his retired life in 2011. If asked, he would certainly state his best pleasure as well as contentment originated from dealing with his family members as well as all the gifted individuals at the shipyard.
Throughout his profession, George Duclos was recognized for his success, with awards consisting of, an Honorary Doctorate from Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
When not at the shipyard, George as well as Pauline appreciated their residence on the Watuppa Pond, boating along the East Coast on their watercraft ‘Gemini’, or snowboarding in the White Mountains ofNew Hampshire He enjoyed to skate as well as ice watercraft with his uncles as well as family members. He as well as Pauline were amongst the very first to water-ski on the Watuppa Pond, behind his watercraft ‘Dragon Bee Hind,” which he had actually integrated in his very early teenagers.
George was additionally an established closet manufacturer, crafting treasure furnishings for his partner as well as family members.
George was really associated with the bordering area. He was a founding of Our Lady of Grace Church in Westport, Mass., Cub Scout leader in Westport Pack 100, establishing participant of the Fall River Marine Museum, establishing participant of the Watuppa Yacht Club, acting as Commodore a number of times, as well as a long time participant of the Bristol Yacht Club, where he worked as Race Committee Chairman for a number of years. He was a regular Race Committee participant for all kinds of little sailing boat auto racing on Narragansett as well as Buzzards Bays, on the Watuppa Pond as well as for the 1980 Olympic Sailing Trials in Newport, R.I.
His funeral service to which family members as well as good friends are welcomed will certainly be Saturday, February 22, 2020 from the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Rd., Westport, Mass., 02790 at 9:00 A.M. complied with by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport at 10:00 A.M.
Calling hrs will certainly be Friday from 5-8 P.M.
George will certainly be put to rest at Beech Grove Cemetery in Westport,Mass Flowers serve or memorial contributions can be made to the Our Lady of Grace Church, Building Fund, 569 Sanford Rd, Westport,Mass 02790. For instructions or to authorize the on the internet guestbook, please go to www.potterfuneralservice.com.
