Alfred “Fred” Dane Boudreau 70 years, a resident of Berwick, Maine, died Friday, October 14, 2022, at his home surrounded by family after a lengthy illness.
Fred was born in Hartford, CT, on May 21, 1952, a son of Noel Joseph Boudreau and Barbara Joyce (Lynd) Kolosky and attended Hartford, CT and Somersworth, NH Schools.
Fred served his country in the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Infantry. He continued to enjoy his love of skydiving throughout his life completing 354 jumps in Lebanon, ME over three decades.
Fred was a Union Millwright Carpenter for several power plants and paper mills in the Northeast for over 25 years.
He was a true salt of the earth man that personified grit and a headstrong determination to succeed. The hardest working man you could ever meet, he earned everything by the sweat of his brow and built his family home in Berwick with his own two hands, sinking every nail with a hammer and digging the cellar with only a shovel.
Fred was a true outdoorsman and had a fierce love and respect for nature and the conservation of our natural woodlands and wildlife. Fred was happiest in the woods and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping with his family every summer in Pittsburg, NH. Above all, he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, as well as his dogs Sadie, Sophie, and Patch.
Fred was predeceased by his parents; his son Barret “Bear” Boudreau who died in 2020, and by his brother Noel “Dippy” Boudreau Jr.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years Wanda (Goodwin) Boudreau of Berwick; a son Levi Boudreau and wife Devon Boudreau of Limington, Maine; two daughters, Gretchen Littlefield and her husband Eric of Berwick and Sara Eck and her husband Richard of North Berwick, ME; six grandchildren, Zori Hallameyer, Wyatt Hallameyer, Chloe Eck, Maggie Dubois, Cole Eck and John Boudreau and one great grandchild, Penelope Olson, his brother Theodore “Ted” Kolosky, as well as several step brothers and sisters and dozens of nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held from 3 to 5 PM followed, by a Celebration of Life service on Friday, October 21, 2022 at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 62 Cemetery Road Berwick, ME 03901.
Memorial donations may be made to the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10306 in Fred’s memory at https://t2t.org/donate/.
To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Fred’s Book of Memories Page at www.bibberfuneral.com
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 62 Cemetery Road, Berwick, ME 03901.