SYRACUSE – Richard R. “Dick” Pelletier, 70, Syracuse, passed away at 11:39 p.m. April 8, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born Nov. 2, 1945, in Nashua, N.H., to Robert Sylvio and Theresa Cecile Deboisbriand Pelletier. On Aug. 17, 1968, in Nashua, N.H., he married Rachel E.B. Lebrun, who survives in Syracuse. They moved to Syracuse in 1989 from Richmond, Va. He graduated in 1963 from Nashua High School, in 1975 from Lowell Technological Institute in Lowell, Mass., and was a United States Army veteran. He previously worked at Brockway Plastics in Nashua, N.H. and Richmond, Va.; Silgan Plastics, Ligonier; and retired from Lippert Components in Goshen after five years. He was a member of St. Martin DePorres Catholic Church in Syracuse and Wawasee Kiwanis Club in Syracuse, where he served as lieutenant governor of the Indiana Land of Lakes Division for Kiwanis International. He was a volunteer for the Syracuse Food Pantry; president of the Board of Directors at Lakeland Learning Center in Syracuse where he spent countless hours volunteering; and served on the Board of Directors for the Syracuse Park Foundation. He was formerly involved with Rock Solid Youth Program in Syracuse, and was very instrumental in the fund raising for the Harold Schrock Youth Sports Complex in Syracuse. He received the Philanthropic Award in 2010 and the Outstanding Volunteerism Award in 2012 from the Syracuse Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, and was a recipient of the Heart of Gold Award from the Kosciusko County Community Foundation in 2012. Also surviving are two sons, Kenneth (and spouse Donna) Pelletier, Claymont, Del., and Scott (and spouse Chrisie) Pelletier, Goshen; six grandchildren; two brothers, David (and spouse Ruth) Pelletier and Normand (and spouse Ann) Pelletier, all of Nashua, N.H.; and one sister, Doris Pelletier, Nashua, N.H. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Gerard Pelletier. Funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Martin DePorres Catholic Church, Syracuse, with Father Richard Hire officiating. Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, Warsaw. Private burial will be at a later date in the Syracuse Cemetery with military graveside rites. Calling will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse. ***** Memorials to the Lakeland Learning Center, 1205 N. Long Drive, Syracuse, IN 46567. Condolences via www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com
