Raymond T. Fortier Sr.

FITCHBURG: Raymond T. Fortier, Sr., 95, of Leominster, a longtime resident of St. Camille Street, Fitchburg died Sunday evening, September 7, 2025 at University of Massachusetts – Memorial Medical Center, Worcester surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Fortier was born in Keene, NH, December 20, 1929, one of nine children born to Alfred G. and Mary Jane (Chandonnet) Fortier and resided much of his life in the Fitchburg & Leominster area. He was a 1949 graduate of Fitchburg High School, playing football and basketball and in 1964 was elected President of the FHS Alumni Association. He later continued his education at Worcester Junior College. During the Korean Conflict, Mr. Fortier entered the Massachusetts Military Academy and graduated in the Class of 1952 at the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He continued to serve his country for seven years in the United States Army National Guard. For over thirty years Mr. Fortier worked in the area as a salesman for Prudential Life Insurance Company. During the last fourteen months of his career, he worked in a similar capacity for IDS Company retiring in April 1988. An active member of St. Joseph’s Parish, Mr. Fortier served the parish as a Lector, Retreat Organizer, CCD teacher, Eucharistic Minister and was a founding member of the St. Vincent De Paul Society. He and his wife Rose were members of the Cursillo Movement and Marion Movement of Priests. He served on the committee to establish the Divine Mercy Chapel at St. Camillus as part of the St. Bernard’s Parish in Fitchburg. He was a former member of the Knights of Columbus, the Wachusett Chess Club and the Cable Club. He also enjoyed golfing, playing tennis and traveling with his wife, and most of all, the many cherished moments spent with his family. He leaves his wife of 73 years and the precious love of his life, Rose (Sala) Fortier; two sons, Alfred Fortier and his wife, Jane of Holden, Thomas Fortier, of Concord, NH; three daughters, Frances Longton and her husband, James of Gardner, Mary Jane Begnoche and her husband, Wayne of N. Smithfield, RI, Rose Marie Casler and her husband, Christopher of Newport Beach, CA; ten grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and one more expected in December. He was the brother of the late Robert Fortier, Jean Paul Fortier, George Fortier, Joseph Fortier, Jeanette Pelletier, Yvette Marble, and Irene G. Fortier and Irene M. Fortier who both passed at a young age. Mr. Fortier’s family will receive relatives and friends at calling hours, from 4-7 PM Thursday, September 11, 2025 at the Isabelle & Anderson Funeral Home, 316 Clarendon Street, Fitchburg. A funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 am Friday September 12, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Church, 49 Woodland Street, Fitchburg. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

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Raymond T. Fortier Sr.

December 20, 1929 - September 7, 2025