1935
Donald
2021
Donald Aldege Joseph Duquette
March 20, 1935 — October 22, 2021
Don graduated from West Warwick Senior High School 1952 and then graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Following serving his country in the Army he moved to California where he met and married Sandra Sidinger in 1967.They moved to Boston where he was employed by the ITech corporation, where he worked on the camera that photographed the back side of the moon. In 1971, they moved to Damascus, MD where he started working for Fairchild for a short time and then went to Bechtel Corporation and retired from there in the mid 1990's as a Senior Engineer in the Civil Engineering Division.
He is survived by his two sons, Douglas Duquette of Columbus, Ohio and Donald Duquette, Jr of Marietta and their mother, Sandra Sidinger Duquette, of Marietta; grandson, Thomas Duquette of Marietta; longtime friend, Joann Keister of Brookville, MD; and many cousins including, Sharon Murphy (Ramiro) Garcia of Ellicott City, MD, Patricia Murphy Philip of White Bear Lake, MN, and Brian (Barbara) Murphy of Hope Valley, RI.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter in law, Nancy Scharff Duquette; and his many aunts and uncles.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Following cremation, he will be buried with graveside services in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Coventry, Rhode Island.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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