John was born to parents Arthur and Mary (Curran) Piteau. He lived and worked in Portland for his whole life. John attended and graduated from local schools at Cathedral, Jack Jr. HS, Portland HS and also attended SMVTI. John was married in 1969 to Sandra (LeDuc) Piteau of Portland and they were proud parents of two daughters, Michelle and Lisa.
John worked the majority of his career for Rowe Ford Sales in Westbrook as a sales rep. and worked his way up to positions as Finance Manager and Director of National Auto Finders. Prior work experiences found him working at local positions in plumbing and electric sales, Insurance sales, N.T. Fox lumber yard, Cunningham Construction, and even at a young age worked at the Portland fish factory, Songo Shoe and business cleaning. After retirement, John even worked a couple of peak seasons with the USPS. John was always a hard worker and provider during his diverse work life, in spite of traumatically losing eyesight in his left eye at age ten.
In addition to being with his family, John personally enjoyed playing golf, the NE Patriots, proudly tending to his property, watching old TV and movie Westerns, fifties and sixties oldies music, Portland history and the sweet treats delivered by his daughters.
John is survived by his two sisters; Helen Tackett of Swansea, MA, Barbara Dalton and her husband John (Jack) Dalton of Portland; brother Arthur Piteau of Windham; daughter Michelle Kasaei and husband Shahram Kasaei of Yarmouth, grandson Jack Collins of Boston, grand-daughter Jasmine Kasaei and grandson Kian Kasaei all of Yarmouth; daughter Lisa Holt and her husband Shawn Holt of Biddeford, grand-daughters Annelise, Madelyn, Sarah, and Abby Donahue and their father John Donahue of South Portland. John will also be missed by his longtime friend Donna Amabile of Portland.
Family and friends are invited to a time of visitation on Thursday August 23rd from 3:30 to 7:00pm at Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home, 199 Woodford St, Portland ME 207-775-3763. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday August 24th at 11:00am at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 492 Ocean Ave, Portland, ME. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery in South Portland, ME. You may offer your condolences online at www.jonesrichandbarnes.com
The family would like to recognize the staffs at PCAL and Gosnell House for their genuine and gentle care of John in recent months and days.
