Joseph Arthur DALPE

WORCESTER— Joseph Arthur Dalpe (Art Dalpe) died April 19, 2005 at Eisenburg Nursing Home in Worcester, MA after a period of declining health. He was born in Swanton Vermont, April 19, 1918 to Louis and Alice (Gagne) Dalpe. Their family moved to Plainville, CT in 1932 where he graduated from Plainville High, excelling in sports (especially basketball and football). Upon graduation he worked at various jobs including Marlin Rockwell where he met and fell in love with Angelina Bouchard. They were married May 1, 1944 at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Plainville, CT. Upon joining the sales team of Lifetime Cookware in 1952, he moved his family to Holliston, MA. He began selling cookware for Saladmaster in 1958 and moved to Worcester, MA. Art then applied his salesmanship skills to real estate and combined these professional endeavors until his semi-retirement and retirement in the 1980s. He leaves his wife, Ann Bouchard Dalpe of Worcester, MA; three children, Carol Dalpe Barleon of Bow, NH; Kenneth Dalpe of Sacramento, CA; and James Dalpe of Worcester, MA; and three grandchildren, Anne Barleon, Christopher Dalpe and Carrie Dalpe. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Friday, April 22nd at 11:00 a.m. in Our Lady of Mercy Church, 94 Broad St., Plainville, CT. Calling hours will be at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St., Plainville, CT, Friday, April 22nd, before the Mass, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Memorial donations should be made in lieu of flowers to your favorite charity