CARIBOU – Richard J. Ouellette, 69, died Feb. 19, 2012, in Van Buren. He was born April 17, 1942, in Connor, the son of Alfred and Yvonne (Levesque) Ouellette.
He was a graduate of Caribou High School, class of 1960. Richard owned and operated Ouellette’s Market, North Caribou, for many years. He was also employed at Pratt & Whitney for 17 years, then he owned and operated restaurants and bowling centers in Waterville, Augusta and at the former Loring Air Force Base before closing. Richard was recently employed at Aroostook Regional Transportation System. He was a member of Parish of the Precious Blood Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was a former member of the Elks Club, Augusta. He enjoyed his cars, snowmobiling and four-wheeling. He was a loving and devoted husband and father to his family, and he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He married Velma (Soucy) Ouellette, June 30, 1962.
Surviving, in addition to his wife of Connor, are two daughters, April Cyr of Oakland and Lisa Wilcox of Nashua, N.H.; two brothers, Ronald Ouellette and his wife, Diane, of North Carolina, and Rick Ouellette and his wife, Diane, of Idaho; two sisters, Doris Ware and her husband, Tom, of Mississippi, and Nancy Thibodeau and her husband, Gordon, of Caribou; three grandchildren, Chelsea and Lindsay Cyr, and Jacob Wilcox; and great-grandson, Jamison Main.
Friends may call 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir St., Caribou. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Parish of the Precious Blood Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the Very Rev. Jean-Paul Labrie, pastor, officiating in a Mass of Christian burial. Spring interment will take place at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
www.mocklerfuneralhome.com.