James L. GARREPY

GARREPY, JAMES L., 87, of Woodland Drive, a retired NASA employee, died Tuesday at Kent County Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Anna (Baranowski) Garrepy. Born in Linwood, MA, he was a son of the late Homer J. and Ida (LeBlanc) Garrepy. He was a US Navy veteran serving in WWII. Mr. Garrepy helped design and sew spacesuits for astronauts at NASA and George Clark in Worcester, until retiring in 1985. He later worked for Stauffer Chemical Company in Delaware.He was the father of Cynthia Hourihan of Petersburg, VA; step-father of Ronald Griffin of Worcester, MA; brother of Joseph Garrepy of North Kingstown, Madeline Wronoski of Warwick, Eleanor Pouliot of Saratoga, NY, and the late Earl E. Garrepy; grandfather of 5, great-grandfather of 7.The Funeral and Burial will be private. Arrangements by FAGAN-QUINN Funeral Home of North Kingstown.Published in The Providence Journal on 2/25/2005.