Posted on 3/2/2020
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding’s George Raymond Duclos, age 86, died peacefully on Feb. 15, surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Raymond and Albertine (Bertha Chenard) Duclos. Born in 1933 in Fall River, Mass., Duclos spent most of his life in Westport, Mass., spending summers on the Watuppa Pond and moving to the Pond permanently in the 1960s.
He is survived by his wife and life-long partner in adventure, Pauline D. (Duperre) Duclos, and his four children: John (Kimberly), Peter (Kimberly), Carol Hegarty (Steven) of Westport, Mass., and Victoria Barrett (James) of Tiverton, R.I.; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, along with several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Duclos was preceded...