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JEAN, NAPOLEON S. "NAPPY,"
JEAN, NAPOLEON S. "NAPPY," 82, of Barre, died on March 2 at Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Fall River, Mass., the son of Napoleon Jean and Delvina "Della" Rayta. In 1944, his father died from tuberculosis, and in 1947, his mother married Earl Ashley, who raised him as his own son. Nappy served his country in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. In 1953, he married Jane Brunelle at St. Peter Catholic Church in Vergennes. He was employed for over 40 years as a truck driver at Greenhouse Groceries. He also worked for many years at Sam Mazza's Farm in Colchester. Nappy is survived by his sister, Judy Ann Ashley, and husband, Walt McLaughlin; his six children, Rick, Diane Hogan and her husband, Dennis, Bruce and his wife, Louanne, Mike and his wife, Michelle, Kevin and his wife, Karen, and MaryAnne and her partner, Mike Bedard; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, Napoleon and Delvina "Della" Jean Ashley, brother Ronald, sister Dianna Lockerby and granddaughter Ligia Collins.
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