Obituary of Ernest E. Ouellet

Ernest Ouellet, 90 of Vina Lane, Brooklyn, died Monday, November 22, 2010 at Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn. Husband of the late Katherine (Sullivan) Ouellet, she died in 2006. Born April 10, 1920, in Norwich, son of the late Ernest J. and Mary Ann (Valencourt) Ouellet. He attended St. Mary School and NFA. He worked as a printer for the Sheffield Co. in New London and for National Youth Association as a project officer in Norwich. In 1940 he joined SNET as a cable splicer. On October 18, 1941 he married Katherine Sullivan at St. Patrick's Cathedral. In 1942 he joined the US Army, serving in WWII. After he was honorably discharged in 1946 he returned to SNET; he worked for 42 years as a splicer then went to Central Office as an equipment repairman, then as a supervisors assistant in New Haven. He was then made Central Office Forman in Saybrook, then was sent to Danielson as Plant Service Supervisor. He then became a manager where he was responsible for central office equipment, installation, repair of inside, outside equipment. When he retired in 1982 he was responsible for Danielson, Willimantic and Norwich Service. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, VFW, Wauregan Post, AARP, past member of Danielson Rotary, Danielson Exchange Club and served as president, Middlesex Valley Industrial Management Club and served as president, First Selectman in Brooklyn from 1984 to 1988. He was a communicant of Our Lady of LaSalette Church and was a member of Quinnatisset Country Club. He leaves his son James Ouellet of MT Pleasant, SC, two daughters Pamela LaJeunesse of Brunswick, ME, Lori Patrylak of Brooklyn, CT, his sisters, Flora LaCroix of Vero Beach, FL, Roberta Hartley of Daytona Beach, FL, Jeannette Neilan of Waterford, CT, Rachel Geissler of Waterford, CT, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother William Ouellet and two sisters Theresa Brown and M. Rose McNamara. Calling hours will be Friday, November 26, 2010 from 8:30 to 10:30 AM at the Gagnon and Costello Funeral Home 33 Reynolds Street, Danielson followed by a Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, at 11:00 AM at Our Lady of LaSalette, 25 Providence Rd, Brooklyn. Burial with Military Honors in St. Joseph Cemetery, Norwich. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the American Heart Association, PO Box 5022, Wallingford, CT 06492. To share a memory with his family "Light a Candle" www.gagnonandcostellofh.com