Edward Louis Boulanger

CLAREMONT, NC -- Edward Louis Boulanger, 79, of Claremont, NC died peacefully on March 5, 2013 at Wake Forest Medical Center, surrounded by his family.

He was born to the late Louis Leon and Lea Marie (Grimard) Boulanger on December 3, 1933. Edward attended Stephens High School in Rumford and continued his education at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA where he completed a degree in Mechanical Design.

He served in the Air Force as a French interpreter in France. He had a career as a tool and die machinist for 42 years. He was a great outdoorsman and loved playing the fiddle. And he loved his family and friends.

Those remaining to cherish his memories are his wife of 23 years, Susan Pamela Miller Brant Boulanger; a son, Louis Edward Boulanger and wife, Marilyn (GA); two daughters, Tammy Maria DuRoss (MA), and Jennifer Louise Dana and husband, Bret (WA); stepdaughters, Misty Renea Allen and her fiancé, Jason Townsend (NC), Maria Vidito (CA), and Angela Frye-Mongro (NC); stepson, Hershel Ray Brant (NC); two sisters, Jeannine L. Hall (Rumford), Denise A. Libby and husband, Clayton (Dixfield); two brothers, Jacques N. Boulanger (Rumford), and Dennis Boulanger and wife, Cookie (Meredith Center, NH); a brother-in-law, James

Parisi, Sr. (Canton); three grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Brian DuRoss, and Victoria Miles; and three step-grandchildren, Miranda Hinson, Hunter Allen and Cierra Frye.

Besides his parents, those preceding him in death are two brothers, Gerard J. Boulanger and Laurent B. Boulanger; and one sister, D. Phyllis Parisi.