Robert St. Jean

Robert Leo St. Jean, age 89, of Cobra Drive, Forest City, died Monday, August 12, 2013 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.
Robert was born October 14, 1923 in Manchester, New Hampshire to the late Alfred St. Jean and Florida Poulin St. Jean. He was a veteran of the US Army having served honorably during World War II as a heavy machine gunner in the European African Middle-Eastern Theater Campaign and was awarded the Bronze Star for exemplary service. Robert was a self-employed contractor in the home construction industry most of his life. He was of the Catholic Faith and enjoyed fishing.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of thirty-nine years, Priscilla Boisvert St. Jean; two brothers, Henry St. Jean and Leo St. Jean and by three great granddaughters.
Survivors include his daughter, Nancy St. Jean Chauvette and husband, Larry of Forest City; son, Robert P. St. Jean and wife, Carol of Cambridge, Wisconsin; five grandchildren, Cyndi Oteri, Michael Chauvette, Debbie Milne, Gary St. Jean and Timmy St. Jean. He is also survived by ten great grandchildren, one great-great grandson and two sister in-laws, Lucille St. Jean and Jean Demers.
A private inurnment will be held in Florida on a later date.