Clement D. Lessard, 76, of 2 Crestwood Drive, Gorham, NH passed away on Friday June 1, 2012 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was born in Notre Dame de Bois, P.Q. Canada and has resided in the Berlin-Gorham area since the age of 17. He was self employed many years in the logging business, working under the name of Lessard and Son Logging, which he enjoyed. Clement was a Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
Members of the family include his wife Jeannine R. (Pratte) Lessard of Gorham, NH; two daughters Joanne Johnson and husband Carl of Milton, GA and Helene Labbe and husband David of Candia, NH; three sons Robert Lessard and wife Bonnie of Gorham, Alain Lessard and wife Susan of Berlin and Daniel Lessard of Hummelstown, PA; a daughter in law Vonnie Lessard of Hummelstown, PA; 16 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; a sister Jacqueline Lefebvre of Florida; three brothers Phillip Lessard and Marcel Lessard, both of Florida and Adrien Lessard of Tamworth, NH; nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a brother Jean Camille Lessard.
SERVICES: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday June 5, 2012 at 11 AM at Holy Family Church, Gorham, NH. Interment will follow in Holy Family Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 1 Promenade St., Gorham, on Monday evening from 6 to 8 PM. Anyone who wishes may make a donation in his memory to the American Cancer Society.