Brodeur, John J.
By Canton CitizenJohn Joseph “Jack” Brodeur, 86, of Canton, formerly of Dorchester and Plymouth, passed away on September 24, 2019, surrounded by his loving family.
A U.S. Navy veteran who served during the time of the Korean War, Jack worked in the heating and fuel business, including several years as past owner of Finest Fuel and Brodeur Heating. Jack was also an instructor at New England Fuel Institute in Watertown. At age 69, he got his realtors license and enjoyed practicing real estate in his retirement.
A hard-working man and a great cook, Jack enjoyed summer family camping trips to Myles Standish State Park, daily morning coffee and cards with his wife, movies, golf and fishing, especially his great 10-foot, 800-pound tuna catch in 1975. He volunteered at St. Peter’s Parish, working Bingo, driving the band bus and leading scouts. An avid card player, he loved canasta, poker, pinochle, and his favorite, cribbage, with his lifelong friends, once scoring a perfect 29 hand at a tournament in Reno, one of his proudest moments … but it was his wife, Ginny, who got the “right Jack.”
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Simone Brodeur, of Dorchester, his brother Robert, sisters Eileen Black and Lorraine Smith, and his son Mark.
Jack is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Virginia “Ginny” (Redington) Brodeur, and his children Stephen and his wife, Mary, of Milford, Donald and his wife, Kathleen, of Abington, Denise Richards of Wareham, Michele Papile and her husband, Steven, of Fort Pierce, FL, Karen Pratt and her husband, Paul, of Burlington, Janine Clarke and her husband, John, of Canton, and Elizabeth Miller and her husband, Thomas, of Lutz, FL. Also survived by sister-in-law Joan Madden, 19 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours were held Monday at the Pushard Family Funeral Home, 210 Sherman Street. Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester. Donations may be made to Wounded Warriors at https://communityfundraising.woundedwarriorproject.org/campaign/John_Brodeur, or St. Jude’s Research Hospital at stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html (or call 800-805-5856, ID#1753330).
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Posted by Canton Citizen
on Oct 4 2019. Filed under Obituaries.
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