Lawrence C. GODBOUT

Lawrence C. Godbout -- Of Lynn, April 13, age 78, Retired District Chief Lynn Fire Dept. Husband of Rita T. (Carmody). Father of Lawrence C. Jr. and his wife Vicki, Robert J. Godbout and his wife Lisa, Mary Jean Duffy-Alexander and her husband Peter, all of Lynn, and Patricia A. Leslie and her husband Charles of Salem; nephew of Bertha "Bootsie" Redmond of Lynn; brother of the late Henry J. Godbout Jr; grandfather of Jon P., Timothy J., Sean and Matthew Godbout, Brendon Duffy and Heather and Andrew Fogarty; great-grandfather of Aidan and Lily Fannon. Funeral on Saturday at 10AM from the Solimine, Landergan and Richardson Funeral Home, 67 Ocean St. (Rt1A) LYNN, followed by a Funeral Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Lynn, at 11:30AM. Relatives & friends are respectfully invited. Visiting hours are Friday 4-8PM. Those who prefer may make donations to Sacred Heart School, 581 Boston St., Lynn, MA 01905. Directions & guestbook at www.solimine.com Published in the Boston Globe on 4/14/2005. --- Lawrence C. Godbout of Lynn, a retired fire department district chief, real estate broker and veteran, died Wednesday at home after a lengthy illness. He was 78. A lifelong resident of Lynn, Mr. Godbout attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1944. He also attended Dartmouth College. During World War II, he served as a Navy quartermaster on the USS Aldebaran in the Pacific. He worked for the Lynn Fire Department as district chief for 35 years, retiring in 1982. Mr. Godbout was a real estate broker and owned the former County Realty Co. in Lynn. He was co-founder and past president of the Lynn retirees association, past president of the Lynn firefighters credit union, a member of the firefighters relief association and a member of firefighters union Local 739. Mr. Godbout was a lifelong communicant of Sacred Heart Parish in West Lynn, where he was a member of the Vincent de Paul Society, the Tree of Life Pantry, an usher for many years and active in the Sacred Heart School Developmental Program. He was an honor life member of the Valladolid Council No. 70, Knights of Columbus in Lynn, where he had 44 years of service and was active in all their charities. He was also active in St. Mary's High School fund raising. He and his wife served as the first chairpersons for the Manhattan After Dark fund-raiser. He was a longtime member of Gannon Golf Course in Lynn. He was an avid golfer, skier and boater. Mr. Godbout is survived by his wife of 58 years, Rita T. (Carmody); two sons, Lawrence C. Jr. and Robert J., both of Lynn; two daughters, Patricia A. Leslie of Salem and Mary Jean Duffy-Alexander of Lynn; an aunt, Bertha ``Bootsie'' Redmond of Lynn; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church, Lynn. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn. Arrangements by Solimine Funeral Home, Lynn.