Arthur J. Poirier
MANCHESTER, NH– Arthur J. Poirier,
77 of 19 Summerside Ave.,
died March 27, 1999, at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center
after a long illness. He was born
in Lowell Mass., on February 10th, 1922. He was the
son of Achille and Laura (Bolduc) Poirier. He had been a resident
of Manchester for the past 49 years.
He was a Navy veteran having served in the
Pacific theater aboard the
USS Ashland (LSD-1) during World War
II.
He received the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (4 Bronze stars), World War II Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal (2 Bronze stars).
He held membership in the American Legion Sweeney Post, the Catholic War Veterans and the USS Ashland Association.
He worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester for 31 years, retiring in 1981.
He was predeceased by his father in 1981, and his brother, Roy D. Poirier in 1994.
The family includes his wife of 49 years,
Pauline (Poirier) Poirier of Manchester; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald
(Suzanne) Beaudet of Newport;
three sons, Richard Poirier of
Boston, Mass., Phillip Poirier and David Poirier, both of
Manchester; his mother, Laura Poirier of Canada; five
grandchildren; one sister, Nancy Weldon of Lowell, Mass., and
several nieces and nephews.