On Thursday, February 21, 2019, Pierre A. Laliberte of Colchester, entered into eternal rest with family by his side. He was born in Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada on June 11, 1944. Pierre is survived by his loving wife whom he adored for 50 years, Anne Hoff-Laliberte. Along with his wife, he is survived by two loving and eternally grateful sons, Alan Laliberte of Marlborough and his wife, Terry and Gary Laliberte of East Haddam and his wife, Michelle. “Papa Pete” as he is affectionately called is also grandfather to Julian, Katherine, Geoffrey, Devin and Aidan and in October became great grandfather to Violet. Pierre also leaves behind his brothers, Michel Laliberte of Southampton, MA., John Laliberte and his wife Donna of Ellington; sisters, Francoise Baker of Manchester, Renee Laliberte of Florida and Jeanne Lucia and her husband Joseph of Willington; brothers-in-law Andre Levesque of East Hartford, Douglas Preston of Victory, VT and Beatric Landry of Hebron. He was predeceased by a brother; Maurice Laliberte; sisters Nicole Levesque, Ginette Preston, Helene Laliberte & sister in law Judy Laliberte, along with nephew Bill White. He also leaves many nieces and nephews; Andre Levesque of Amston, Eunice Baker White of Coventry, Danielle Baker and James Millar of California, Mark Laliberte of Southampton, MA., Justin Campbell of Vermont, Tawnya Zahaba and her husband Brian of Berlin, Jennifer Swierbutowicz and her husband Adam of Newington, Kevin Laliberte and his wife Cassie of Ellington, Melissa Christman and her husband Zachary of Texas, Jason Lucia and his wife Sarah of Willimantic, Moniqua Palmer and her husband Shawn also of Willimantic, Jeremie Preston and Corinne McGrath of Colorado, and Isaiah Preston of Vermont; his sister-in-law in Norway, Sissel Hoff Fearnley and husband, Thomas; and his four Norwegian nephews, Espen Fartum, Erik Fartum, Nils Thomas Fearnley and Anstein Fearnley. Pierre’s family, of which he was the oldest of 10 children, immigrated to the US in 1962 when he was just 18 years old. At first, he worked to help the family get by, but in February of 1965 he enlisted in the United States Air Force to serve his newly adopted country. Pierre was assigned to the USAF Red Horse Squadron and was eventually sent to Vietnam to build airfields as a heavy equipment operator. After serving his country and being honorably discharged from the USAF, he met the love of his life at a party in Boston MA., They were married shortly thereafter, which was the beginning of their 50-year love affair. Soon after, Pierre moved his young family to Connecticut where for the next 40+ years he worked as a heavy equipment operator and construction superintendent, leaving his mark on residential, commercial, and municipal projects all over Connecticut. In 1985, Pierre again showed his love of country by making his adopted country his own by becoming a naturalized citizen. Pierre retired from construction in 2012 and devoted his full time to being “Pops” to his sons, “Papa Pete” to his grand kids and just Pete to the countless people who loved him. Every Sunday morning after church was an open-door brunch of eggs, fried potatoes, bacon and English muffins where he could be seen cooking in one of his favorite aprons. Thank you to “The Girls” at the Marlborough Health and Rehab Center. They were wonderful. He will be sadly, sadly missed! Love ya, Pops!! The family will receive guests 2 – 4 PM Sunday (Feb. 24th) at the Aurora-McCarthy Funeral Home, 167 Old Hartford Road, Colchester. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated 11 AM Monday (Feb. 25th) directly at St. Andrew Church, 128 Norwich Ave., Colchester. Burial with military honors will follow in the State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Pierre Pete Laliberte June 11 1944 February 21 2019 (age 74).
Source: Aurora-McCarthy Funeral Home
Death notice for the town of: Colchester, state: Connecticut