- Date Of Birth: September 6, 1940
- Date Of Death: May 24, 2015
- State: Connecticut
Stuart H. Fontaine, I, 74, of Quaker Hill and formerly of Colchester, passed away Sunday (May 24, 2015) surrounded by his loving family.
He leaves his loving wife of 51 years, Judith (Hussey) Fontaine; two children and their spouses, Debra and Gary Newsome of Niantic and Stuart, II and Kimberley of East Hampton; 12 grandchildren, Jessica Potter, Justin McCarty, Daniel and Tammie Holt, Dalton, Joshua and Reba Greenleaf, Lindsey and Phoebe Fontaine, Dylan and Cody Gondyke and Rachel Pawloski; five great grandchildren, Tristan, Ansleigh, Elizabeth, Brayden and Talon; and numerous extended family members and friends.
In addition to his parents, F. Joseph and Opal (Allard) Fontaine, he was predeceased by a daughter, Laura Anne Fontaine on July 3, 2009; as well as two sisters, Carol Ellsworth and Sylvia Labonte.
Stuart served proudly with the Army National Guard in the late 1950’s. He worked as a professional truck driver with Teamsters Local 559 before his retirement.
A longtime resident of Colchester before recently moving to Quaker Hill, he had served as Building Chairman for both the “old” (1963) Bacon Academy and the Wm. J. Johnston Middle School. Stuart had also been an active Rotarian, Granger and member of the Colchester Republican Town Committee in years past.
