Clarence George Gauvreau
Name: Clarence George Gauvreau
Location of Birth: Nashwauk, Minnesota
Date of Birth: March 5, 1916
Date of Death: March 15, 2001 (85 years old)
Parents: Joseph Gauvreau and Stella (Payment) Gauvreau
High School and Class: 1934 - Nashwauk High School, Nashwauk, Minnesota
College: Itasca Junior College - Coleraine, Minnesota
Highest Rank: AM 2 C (Aviation Metalsmith Petty Officer 2nd Class or Aviation Structural Mechanic Petty Officer 2nd Class)
Branch: Navy
Date Sworn In: 1940
Date of Discharge: 1946
Clarence served at the Panama Canal from 1940 to 1946.
Clarence was in the CCC's in Nevis, Minnesota.
Clarence married Helen Netzel in 1943 and moved to Seattle, Washington.
He owned his own construction company and was featured in an article in Parade magazine.
Clarence was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Seattle, which he helped build. He loved to play bridge.
Clarence is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters; Annabell Filpula and Mary Jane Beauclair.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; children, Bob, Kathy, and Jean Marie; four grandchildren; his brother, Donald Payment; and many nieces and nephews.
Clarence died in Seattle, Washington and is buried in Tahoma National Cemetery at Kent, Washington. (Section 23, Site 2001)