Wilfred David Gamache

1924 - 2004  (80 years)

• Name	Wilfred David Gamache
  Birth	8 Sep 1924	Springfield, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Dec 2004	Southern Pines, MOORE, North Carolina   [1]
  Burial	Bethesda Cemetery, Southern Pines, North Carolina
  Person ID	I73339087	King/Roy | Ancestors and relatives of Alphonse Gamache
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	David Gamache,   b. 2 Feb 1893, Ludlow, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts d. Nov 1966, Springfield, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Isabelle M. Middleton,   b. ca. 1897, Scotland d. 5 Mar 1970, Rockville, TOLLAND, Connecticut (Age 73 years)
  Documents		Federal Census 1930, David Gamache family Ludlow, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts
  		Federal Census 1940, David Gamache family Ludlow, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F8809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Edith Dennis,   b. 9 Aug 1927, Ludlow, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts d. 17 Dec 2010, Pinehurst, MOORE, North Carolina (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1946
  Children	1. Dennis Daniel Gamache,   b. 24 Jun 1947, Indian Orchard, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts d. 17 Sep 2024, New Lenox, WILL, Illinois (Age 77 years)   2. Living + 3. Living
  Documents		Federal Census 1050, Wifred Gamache family 16 Wing Street Springfield, Massachusetts
  Headstones		Headstone of Wilfred and Mary Edith (Dennis) Gamache
  Family ID	F5225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Sep 1924 - Springfield, HAMPDEN, Massachusetts Death - 28 Dec 2004 - Southern Pines, MOORE, North Carolina Burial - - Bethesda Cemetery, Southern Pines, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone of Wilfred David Gamache

  
  

• Notes

  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Name: Wilfred David Gamache [Wilfred D Gamache] SSN: 026167881 Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 8 Sep 1925 Birth Place: Ludlow Hampd, Massachusetts Father Name: David Gamache Mother Name: Isabell Middelton Death Date: 28 Dec 2004 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Sep 1941: Name listed as WILFRED DAVID GAMACHE; 07 Jan 2005: Name listed as WILFRED D GAMACHE

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Obituary. Wilfred David Gamache, 80, of Southern Pines died on Tuesday (Dec. 28, 2004) at his home. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church of Southern Pines with the Very Rev. Jeffery A. Ingham as celebrant. Interment will be in Bethesda Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, Dec. 30, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Powell Funeral Home in Southern Pines. Mr. Gamache was born Sept. 8, 1924, in Ludlow, Mass, a son of the late David and Isabel Middleton Gamache. He enlisted in the USMC at age 17 with his parents? permission. He received his basic training at Paris Island, S.C., and was assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif. His 4th Marine Division participated in the invasions of Kwajalein Atoli, Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima in the South Pacific theatre during World War II. He was recalled and served for 13 months active duty during the Korean conflict. He married the former Mary Edith Dennis on June 8, 1946, and they resided in Indian Orchard, Mass. The Gamaches moved to Southern Pines in 1978. They founded the former Mary Dennis Manor, which they operated until 1999 as Southern Pines Manor. Mr. Gamache was preceded in death by his grandson, Christopher Burkott. Surviving are his wife, Mary Edith Gamache; son, Dennis Gamache of Naperville, Ill; daughters, Elizabeth Benoit of Hampton, Va., and Kathleen Tomlinson of Aberdeen; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Saint Anthony?s Building Fund, P.O. Box 29, Southern Pines, NC 28388 or FirstHealth Hospice, 150 Applecross Rd., Pinehurst, NC 28374. Powell Funeral Home of Southern Pines is serving the family.