Gilleaudeau, Joseph A. Jr.

Description

Joseph A. Gilleaudeau was born October 26, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of Joseph A. Gilleaudeau and Genevieve Ebbets Gilleaudeau, daughter of Charles H. Ebbets, owner and manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

In Rye his family lived on Dogwood Lane and were members of the of the Church of the Resurrection. He was a graduate of the St. George’s School of Newport, Rhode Island in 1936 and of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ in 1940.

Joseph enlisted in 1942 and served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He married Louise Gormley Shanahan on November 16, 1950, when he was 33 years old. They had three children during their marriage.

Joseph was employed by W.R. Grace both prior and subsequent to his military service. From 1953 to 1972, he worked for Publication Corporation where he served as Corporate Secretary and oversaw Labor Relations.

Joseph was a member of the Newtown American Legion’s Post, the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Bucks County and the Irish Wolfhound Club of Delaware Valley. He was past president of the Irish Wolfhound Club of America and New England. Additionally, he was a parish member and past Eucharistic Minister of St. Martin of Tours Church, New Hope, PA.

Joseph Alfred Gilleaudeau, Jr., 89, husband of the late Louise Shanahan Gilleaudeau, passed away January 4, 2007 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

A resident of Rye, NY from 1932 and 1953 and 1962 to 1986, he lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania until his death.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his children: two daughters Gale Stafford of New Canaan, CT and Aimee Lundy of Cincinnati, Ohio; a son Joseph Randolph Gilleaudeau of Middletown, CT. He was also survived by his grandchildren: Duncan Stafford, Geoffrey Stafford, Meredith Stafford, Michaela Lundy, Meghan Lundy, Ryan Gilleaudeau and Taylor Gilleaudeau.

A private family service was conducted on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY. A Memorial Mass was planned for a later date in New Hope, PA.