Lucien Belanger
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| Bat/Throw: | R/? |
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| Height: | 6' 0" |
| Weight: | 175 |
| Born: | 1917-?-? |
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Date of Birth: Monday, June 11th, 1917 Date of Death: Sunday, April 30th, 2006 Funeral Home: Campbell - Lee, Moody Russell Funeral Home 525 Cabot Street Beverly, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES 01915 Obituary:
BEVERLY Lucien A. Belanger, age 88 years, husband of Frances (Cook) Belanger, died Sunday morning, April 30, 2006 at Beverly Hospital. Born in Beverly, son of the late Philip and Helena (Bernier) Belanger, he had lived in Beverly all of his life. Mr. Belanger served his country during WWII in the United States Coast Guard.
Mr. Belanger was a graduate of Beverly High School in the class of 1935. He played 2nd and 3rd base on the baseball team and is considered one of the best infield players ever at BHS. He had a sure pair of hands, a strong throwing arm and batted over.300 with many doubles and home runs. He played guard on the basketball team and was usually the high scorer. In his senior year he led his team to the Olde Tech Tournament held at the Boston Garden.
After high school he played semi-pro basketball for the competitive Beverly City Club, a team that played the top semi-pro teams in New England. His general scintillating performances of ball handling and leading scorer were well documented.
Lucien played pro baseball in the Philadelphia Athletics minor league system and was the outstanding player in the Eastern Shore League, He also played competitive baseball in the military and after WWII played in the New England League for Lawrence, where he led the league in home runs and doubles.
People who saw Lucien Belanger play rated him as the best baseball-basketball combination player at BHS. Perhaps Lucien's greatest attribute was that he was a very classy gentleman, who represented himself, his family and his community with the highest regard.
Mr. Belanger was employed with Merrimack Valley Distributing Company for 35 years. He was a sales man for the company and retired in 1983. He was an avid golfer and was a member of the Beverly Golf and Tennis Club.
Surviving him in addition to his wife are one daughter, Sally A. DiGennaro and her husband Joseph of Essex; one daughter in law, Dianne Belanger of Newbury; 6 grandchildren, Adrienne Belanger Belt and her husband Steven; Matthew Belanger and his wife Ashley, Joseph DiGennaro, Michael DiGennaro and his wife Lauren, Christopher Belanger, Katherine DiGennaro; 2 great grandchildren, Ethan and Gavin Belt, and several nieces and nephews. He was also the father of the late Lewis A. Belanger and brother of the late Phillip and Henry Belanger, Lena Gustafson, Bertha Gear, and Laura Atkinson.
A Funeral Mass will be held at St. John the Evangelist Church on Friday at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Campbell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot St, Beverly on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. Burial in Harmony Cemetery in Georgetown. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of ones choice. [1]
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/293614/Belanger-Lucien.php, retrieved on 2012-Mar-17.
