Normand P. St. Sauveur

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, Normand (Norm) Paul St. Sauveur of Wake Forest, NC left this earth on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the age of 89. He was predeceased by his wife and love of his life of 52 years, Georgette (Georgie) St. Sauveur in 2011 and his brother, Marcel St.Sauveur in 2017.

He was the beloved father of Jill St. Sauveur of New Britain, CT; Carol St.Sauveur Ferris of Wake Forest, NC; Penny E. Salerno (Ron) of Newington, CT; and Dr. Richard C. Gould (Verna) of Winchester, KY. He was also a very special Grandpa to six grandchildren: Jennifer Hearon, Eric Ferris, Kristin Beth Ferris, Sabrina Filipek, Danielle Church Reardon, Jeffrey Alexander and Nicole Mabrey. He was the adored “Pepe” to nine great grandchildren: Molly Hearon, Ashley Ferris, Kenan Ferris, Justin Filipek, Travis Filipek, Chase Reardon, Kiersten Reardon, Alex Mabrey and Brittany Mabrey. He was blessed with one great-great grandson, Duke Mabrey. He also leaves nieces Michele Dolan and Marie Dugay - Brutsky; nephew and godson Mark St.Sauveur and nephew John St.Sauveur. Norm was born on March 2, 1930 in Holyoke, MA to Ovide St.Sauveur and Marie Blanche St.Sauveur. When his mother passed away 13 months later, Norm went to live with his grandparents in Canada on their farm for six years. Upon his return to the US, he attended St. Anne’s School and Hartford High school.

Norm had a varied and interesting career and was blessed with an entrepreneurial spirit. At the age of 10 he was a shoe shine boy on the corner of Park and Lawrence St. in Hartford, CT, a Hartford Times paper boy in his early teens and a sales associate at a Park St. haberdashery at 16; later he drove a bread truck for Bond Bread and worked as a carpenter in his early 20’s; then he hit his stride as a salesman for JT Johnson and Co in his 30’s. In 1978 he founded St.Sauveur Associates, an independent sales rep agency in Simsbury, CT representing extruded aluminum products for the home renovation industry, and later sold it in 1995. He was a devoted NY Giants and Detroit Tigers fan and loved the game of golf. Norm enjoyed many rounds at Hopmeadow Country Club in Simsbury, CT and Farmington Woods in Avon, CT. In 1990, he and Georgie retired to Florida, dabbling in real estate, volunteering for 15 years at Citrus Memorial Hospital and playing a lot of golf. Georgie went on to have two holes- in-one while Norm … came close. Soon after her death, Norm moved to Wake Forest, NC.

The family will receive relatives and friends from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning (November 2nd) at D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield, followed by a celebration of his life at 11:30 a.m. in the funeral chapel. Burial will immediately follow at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Normand St. Sauveur and sent to Dementia Alliance of North Carolina (formerly Alzheimer’s North Carolina), 9131 Anson Way, Suite 206, Raleigh, NC 27615 or online at dementianc.org.

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