Waldo Brousseau

PEMBROKE – Waldo “Wally” Brousseau, 90, of Pembroke and Pittsburg, died at his home in Pembroke surrounded by his family on Monday, October 11, 2021, after a long period of declining health. Waldo was born in Canaan, Vt., on May 11, 1931, a son to the late Dona and Cora (Dyette) Brousseau. He was a graduate of Canaan Memorial High School. Early in life, he was interested in airplanes and he could often be found building models and dreaming of someday being a pilot himself. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and served honorably for four years during the Korean conflict. Waldo later obtained his own pilot’s license and logged nearly 400 hours of flight time. His working career was as a real estate broker, and he owned and operated his own firm, WEBCO Realty in Pembroke. He also was employed as a constable for the Town of Canaan at one time, served on the Beecher Falls Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of the American Legion, the VFW, and the NRA. He worked for a time at Ethan Allen, and also volunteered his time in the winter on the Ski Patrol at the Balsams/Wilderness Ski Area. Earlier in his life, he worked at Sanders Associates in Nashua and Manchester and was a salesperson for Century 21. He was also a member of the Sunset Mountain Fish & Game Club. But Wally’s true love was the outdoors. He enjoyed his yard work, getting stove wood, hiking with his beloved golden retrievers, hunting, skiing, snow-shoeing, snowmobiling, and more recently, riding the trails on his ATV, affectionately named “the Buggy.” He also enjoyed fly-fishing, especially in the northern part of the state, and was quite good at tying his own flies. He fished all of the ponds in Pittsburg and several of those in northern Vermont. Very important to him were his golden retrievers, his cats, as well as all his children and grandchildren. He loved family events in Pembroke and Pittsburg, where the highlights were playing card games, especially cribbage, 73, Spades, and Hearts. Camping days with the love of his life, his wife Esther, (a.k.a. “HoneyBunch” or just “Hun”), started in a two-man tent, and then a pick-up truck camper with many trips into Maine, Prince Edward Island, Nashville, Tenn., the Florida keys and Disney World. Eventually, they upgraded to a tag-along and then a full trailer motorhome. After retirement, they enjoyed traveling across the country in that motorhome, along with family, 3 cats and the dogs. Some of his greatest memories will be the trip to Arizona with Gary and Norma Richardson. Waldo leaves behind his three children, Robert Brousseau of Canaan, Edward (Wendy) Brousseau of New Mexico, and Diane (Roger) Leroux of Waterford, Vt.; four grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his wife of 41 years, Esther (Willis) Brousseau in 2010, and by a grandson, Thomas Leroux. Memorial calling hours will be on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook, NH. A memorial service will be the next morning, Saturday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. at the Farnham Memorial United Methodist Church in Pittsburg, to be immediately followed by interment with military honors in the Hollow Cemetery in Pittsburg. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Waldo may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home.

Waldo Brousseau

May 11, 1931 - October 11, 2021