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Leo Joseph Nainteau

Posted 2023-01-15 by mhenderson
Published by Today's News Herald on Jan. 15, 2023 -
Lake Havasu City, Arizona -

Leo Joseph Nainteau, age 76, passed away on Jan. 3, 2023, in Lake Havasu
City. He was born on July 20, 1946, to Ernest and Lucy Nainteau, in
Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Leo graduated high school from Mount Saint Charles Academy in 1965, in
Woonsocket. He was drafted into the Army on Dec. 1, 1965, and served in
Vietnam before he was honorably discharged E-5, on Sept. 8, 1967.

Leo married the love of his life, Paulette Turcotte in November of 1967.
Together, they had one daughter, Linda. They shared 55 years of
marriage.

In 1971, Leo became a member of the Woonsocket Police Department and
retired in July 1991, after 20 years. Leo and Paulette retired Lake
Havasu City in October of 2004. He was a member of Lake Havasu City Elks
Lodge #23999.

Leo is preceded in death by his parents; Ernest and Lucy. He is survived
by his loving wife, Paulette Nainteau, his daughter and son-in-law, John
and Linda Duffy of Attleboro, Massachusetts., his step-mother, Laura
Nainteau, of Citrus Springs, Florida, sisters and brothers-in-law Hank
and Pauline Thonnard, Jackie and Ken Moore, of Lake Havasu City, and
Henry and Inge Turcotte, and Jeannette Lapierre of Rhode Island, as well
as several nieces and nephews.

A Lodge of Sorrow/Celebration of Life will be held on Feb. 19, 2023, at
11 a.m.

Services were entrusted to the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home.
Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the family at www.lietz-
frazefuneralhome.com.





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