Born in Fall River a son of the late Alfred J., Sr. and Marie Louise (Jalbert) Levesque he was a longtime resident of Swansea, spending his winters in Apollo Beach, FL.
A veteran of the United States Air Force, he served during the Korean Conflict and was awarded the Korean Service Medal and two Bronze Stars. He was a Firefighter for the Fall River Fire Department for 32 years, retiring as Captain in 1988.
An active member of the Knights of Columbus he was the past Grand Knight at the Fr. Joseph Boehr Council #4753 and the past Faithful Navigator at the Fr. Joseph B. Donahue Assembly #1816, both in Tiverton, RI. He was a former District Deputy and former District Marshall of the 3rd and 4th Degrees within the Rhode Island Knights of Columbus jurisdiction and a member of Massachusetts Citizen’s For Life, Fall River Chapter.
He is survived by his three children, Mrs. Susan H. DeGrazia and her husband Michael of Warren, R.I., Mr. David J. Levesque and his wife Lee of Swansea and Mrs. Sharon A. Kochan and her husband Theodore of Riverside, R.I.; four siblings, Mrs. Cecile Chicca, Mr. Roger Levesque, Mr. Roland Levesque and Mrs. Bernadette Albernaz; seven grandchildren, Kathryn and Jaclyn DeGrazia, Benjamin, Nathan and Charlotte Levesque, Peter and Zachary Kochan;
He was also the grandfather of the late Joshua Kochan and brother of the late Sr. Laurianne Levesque, DHS, Joseph Alexis Levesque, Alfred J. Levesque, Jr., Robert E. Levesque, Sr. Jeannette Levesque, DHS, Sr. Louise Levesque, SJA and Eva Desrochers.
His Funeral Service will be held on Friday, March 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM from Waring-Sullivan Home at Birchcrest, 189 Gardners Neck Rd., Swansea with a Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM in St. Dominic’s Church, 1277 G.A.R. Highway, Swansea. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. Visitation is Thursday, from 4:00 – 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his honor to fund Surfers Healing of RI Acts of Kindness, PO Box 29182, Providence, RI 02909, http://a-o-k.org. For tributes and directions, www.waring-sullivan.com
