James C. Guimond

WESTBOROUGH- James C. Guimond, 69, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 30, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Andrea E. “Jill” (Calkin) Guimond.

Born in Weymouth, he was the son of the late Earl and Georgie (Peterson) Guimond. He was a graduate of Braintree High School in 1963 where he was co-captain of the Braintree High School Baseball Team. He also graduated from Acadia University in Nova Scotia where he was the captain of the football team for two years and was inducted into the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame, All Decade Team as a left tackle. In later years he received his MBA from Nichols College.

During the Vietnam Era he served with the U. S. Army attaining the rank of First Lieutenant. Following his time served with the Army in Thailand he became employed as a sales manager for Union Transfer and Storage Co. in Bangkok.

Back home Jim was employed as a logistics manager for Data General in Westborough, American Power Conversion in Rhode Island and MAST Industries in Andover prior to his retirement.

Jim was a communicant of St. Luke the Evangelist Church, was a former coach for the Red Devils and Little League. He also was an amateur photographer and enjoyed traveling.

In addition to his wife he is survived by two children, James Arthur Guimond and his wife, Elizabeth, of Stuttgart, Germany and Jacqui Lynn Guimond-Strong and her husband, Jonathan, of Las Vegas, NV and a cousin, James T. Moodie of Medford, and the extended Moodie family.

A Liturgy of the Word will be held on Friday, April 3 at 10:00 A.M. in St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 70 West Main St., Westborough. Burial, with military honors, in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, will be held next week.

Calling hours at the Rand-Harper-Pickering Westborough Funeral Home, 62 West Main St., Westborough, are Thursday, April 2, from 5 to 8 P.M.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to support pancreatic cancer research can be made in James Guimond’s name payable to: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, ATTN: Hillary D. Repucci, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445. Memo Line: Dr. Ng’s Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.

westboroughfuneralhome.com

---