Roland "Rolle" D. LaPerle

Mr. Roland “Rolle” D. LaPerle of Lancaster, NH, formerly of Colebrook, NH, passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at the Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster. Mr. LaPerle was born May 4, 1921, in Pittsburg, NH, son of the late Flavien and Laura (Paradis) LaPerle. Mr. LaPerle attended St. Albert’s School until joining his father to work on the family farm. He purchased his own farm on Hall Stream Road in Pittsburg, and three years later moved to Canaan and purchased the Blue Sunoco gas station in West Stewartstown in partnership with his father-in-law, Leon Brown. He later built a new garage next to the existing gas station which had to be re-built due to fire. In 1957, Mr. LaPerle purchased the original St. Brendan’s Church building in Colebrook and remodeled the building to include seven apartments. He later moved his family to Colebrook and built the Chevron gas station where Ducret’s Sporting Goods is now located. In 1967, he moved to Columbia and built a new home and garage and established Rolle’s Car Care Center. He also owned and operated LaPerle’s Trailer Park in Columbia, including trailer parks in Colebrook and North Stratford. He was particularly proud of being one of the original owners of Colebrook Cable Television. While his business interests were many, he loved spending time with his family and enjoyed traveling with his wife throughout the United States in their mobile home, traveling Europe and taking numerous cruises. He was a faithful communicant of St. Brendan’s Parish and a member of Our Lady of Grace Council #3028 of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. LaPerle is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Leona (Brown) LaPerle of Lancaster, NH; four children, Elaine Haynes and husband, Haven Haynes, Sr., of Colebrook, NH, Donald LaPerle and wife, Rachel, of Rochester, NH, Dennis LaPerle and fiancée, Linda Heritage, of Colebrook, NH, and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and Susan Peryea and husband, Stephen, of Colchester, VT; four sisters, Sr. Rita LaPerle and Sr. Cora LaPerle, both of Hyacinthe, P.Q., Canada, Lucille Gendron of Pelham, NH, and Cecile Lessard of St. Jerome, P.Q., Canada; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. LaPerle is preceded in death by his parents and twelve (12) brothers and sisters. Calling hours will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2006, from 6-9 p.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, November 3rd at 11:00 a.m. at St. Brendan’s Parish with The Reverend Albert Bellefeuille as celebrant. An interment service will immediately follow at the Colebrook Village Cemetery. In remembrance of his nieces, Joyce Silloway and Vivian Fillion, expressions of sympathy in Mr. LaPerle’s memory may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer Fund, c/o Rosemary Mulliken, First Colebrook Bank, Colebrook, NH 03576.

Roland "Rolle" D. LaPerle

May 4, 1921 - November 1, 2006