Armand J. Lafond

Armand J. Lafond, widower of Evelyn M. (Pelland) Lafond, a resident of the Centralville section of Lowell, died on Tuesday February 28, 2012. He was 89.
Armand was born in Sherbrooke, Canada on November 4, 1922, a son of the late Oscar and Angelina (Gagne) Lafond.
A Veteran of World War II, Armand served with the Army Air Force from 1943 until his honorable discharge in 1945, his final rank Staff Sergeant. Armand took part in the Battle of Rhineland where he served as an aerial gunner, manning the nose guns on B-17 and B-24 aircraft.
Prior to his retirement, he was employed by the B&M Railroad as a boilermaker.
He is survived by a daughter, Yvonne M. Walls and her husband Charles G. of Chelmsford; a son, Donald A. Lafond and his wife Julia A. (Souza) of Lowell; three brothers, Raymond Lafond and his wife Marlene of NC, Henry Lafond and his wife Judy of NC, Leo Lafond and his wife Toni of AZ; two sisters, Alice Vezina of Pepperell and Rita Ricard of Westford; a daughter-in-law, Gail Lafond of Nashua, NH; five grandchildren, Carol Ann Cruz and her husband John of Pepperell, Jared A. Lafond of Lowell, Gavin C. Walls of Chelmsford, Corienne Gregory and her husband Brad of OK, and Amber J. Lafond of Lowell; three great grandchildren, Evelyn Lafond, Maxim Lafond and Christiano Cruz; also several nieces and nephews. He was the father of the late Normand J. Lafond and brother of the late Lucien Lafond, Eugene Lafond, Jeanette Beauregard, Bernadette DeNardo, Rose Pelletier, and Cecile Ouelette.