Raymond Joseph Laplante

I have only slipped away

Release my hand

Remember me whatever we were

I am me and you are you

Remember how you prefer

Such is life good or bad

Remember me when I am gone

To be sure a long life was had

Born June 9th, 1932, Joseph Raymond LaPlante left us this morning July 5, 2025 peacefully at the age of 93. He is survived by one sister Pauline Pye, children Lonnie (Dorrit), Tammy (Rick), Jodi (Randy) and Troy, grandchildren Carrie (Jim), Matthew (Shelley), Kurt (Ashely), Lennette, Miranda, Jennifer, Davanna and Darien, great grandchildren Kale (Nicole), Payton, Alyssa, Carson, Teagan, Jordan, Ashton, Kai, Kayden, Copper, Wesley, Chase, Dylan and Desiree as well as several nieces and nephews. A cheers to his long life will be held at a later date.