Ernest Zephirin COLLETTE
Obituary

WEBSTER - Ernest Z. Collette, 77, of Union Point Road, formerly of Southbridge, died yesterday in his home after an illness.

He leaves his wife, Josephine {Swana} Vajcovec Collette; two sons, Richard Collette of Naples, Fla., and Donald Collette of Port Charlotte, Fla.; four stepsons, Paul Vajcovec of Palo Alto, Calif., Andrew Vajcovec of Webster, David Vajcovec of Duxbury, and Robert Vajcovec of Taunton; and 12 grandchildren. He was born in Southbridge, son of Freeman and Ida {Renaud} Collette, and lived here 16 years.

He was a foreman at the former American Steel & Wire Division, U.S. Steel Corp., Worcester. He worked there for 37 years until it closed in 1971. He then worked at American Optical Corp. in Southbridge for seven years before he retired.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Mr. Collette was a member of St. Louis Church here; Leonide J. Lemire Post 655, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Southbridge; and Southbridge Post, American Legion.

The funeral will be held Wednesday from Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, 48 School St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Louis Church, 14 Lake St. Burial will be in New Notre Dame Cemetery, Southbridge. Calling hours at the funeral home are 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Flowers may be sent, or memorial contributions made to St. Louis School, 15 Lake St.; or the Visiting Nurse Association of Southern Worcester County, 534 School St., both Webster, 01570.

Publication title: Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass.: Aug 10, 1992. pg. A.5



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