Rosaire Toulouse KITTERY, Maine - Rosaire Auguste Toulouse, 85, of Shapleigh Road in Kittery, died on Oct. 26, 2004, at York Hospital. Rosaire Toulouse Born on Oct. 22, 1919, in Lac Megantic, P.Q, he was the son of Fortunat and Alice (Gendron) Toulouse. He moved as a young man with his family to the Jackman, Maine area, and graduated from Jackman High School with the Class of 1938. He furthered his education in Detroit, Mich., where he attended welding trade school. He entered the U.S. Army in September of 1942 and was trained in Ft. Belvoir, Va., and attended communications school in Athens, Ga. He was assigned to the 13th Armored Division in California. He received training as a combat engineer in Texas before being deployed to the European Theatre of War, just after D-Day. He remained in combat duty until the end of the war assigned to the 7th Armored Division and 3rd under Patton. He was also assigned to the 13th (Black Cats) for nearly seven months before he returned to the United States for recuperation. He was last assigned to Camp Beals in California and discharged in December of 1945. He became a citizen of the United States in 1943. In September of 1951, he met and married his loving wife of 53 years, Patricia Helene (Manary) Toulouse, and together they had made their home and raised a family in the Seacoast area. He started his career as a boilermaker just before his entrance into the armed services in 1942. Upon his return he worked as an ironworker and then for more than 40 years as a boilermaker. He retired in October of 1981 from Local 29 after receiving his 40-year pin. He is survived by his loving family, his wife, Patricia; and their five children, a daughter, Laurie and her husband, Colo "Butch" Hayes, of South Berwick, sons, David and his wife, Anneliese, of Freeport, Alan and his wife, Gail, of East Wakefield, N.H., Gary and his wife, Kathleen, of Groose Ile, Mich., and Daniel and his wife, Jamie, of Gilbert, Ariz. He is also survived by nine grandchildren and two nephews. ---- A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Nov. 1, 2004, at 11 a.m. at his church, St. Raphael Parish Church on Whipple Road in Kittery, with burial to follow in Orchard Grove Cemetery. A time of refreshment and sharing will follow graveside services in the church parish hall. Friends may visit with his family on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Road, Kittery, Maine 03904. Family flowers only, his family suggests donations may be made in his memory, to the American Cancer Society or a charity of one's choice. Arrangements are entrusted to the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home of Kittery.