Title
Mr.
Last Name
Vigue
First Name
Lawrence
Middle Name
Joseph
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Dexter, ME
Date of Birth
1927-02-17
Place of Death
Date of Death
2001-09-01
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 9-8/9-14-2001, p.6
Obituary
LAWRENCE JOSEPH VIGUE SCARBOROUGH AND DEXTER, Lawrence Joseph Vigue, 74, died Saturday, September 1, 2001 at Pine Point Nursing Center following a short illness. He was born in Dexter, February 17, 1927, the son of Rudolph and Antoinette (LaRochelle)Vigue. He was educated in the Dexter school system. He was a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, as a member of the US Navy. In 1948, he married Beverly Rita Clukey. He and his wife had just moved to Saco recently as full time residents after wintering in Spring Hill, Florida for 24 years. Lawrence joined the Maine State Police in 1955 and patrolled the Bangor-Dexter, Newport area upon graduating from the Maine State Police Academy. He was then assigned to Troop D in Thomaston, patrolling the Bath-Brunswick area. In 1964, he was assigned to Troop C in the Skowhegan area. Shortly after that, he became a detective with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and in 1970 was promoted to sergeant. He was trained in arson and fire investigation at Rutgers University and was a member of the New England Association Fire Marshals. At Harvard Medical School, he was trained in homicide investigation, and he was further educated in narcotics and organized crime through the New England State Police Association. He was chosen to attend The Command Institute through the New England Institute of Law Enforcement Management at Babson College. After his retirement from the Maine State Police in 1975, he was a security instructor at CMVTI. He was Past-President of the Maine State Police Retirees Association, a member of the Farmington Elks Lodge #2430, former member of the St. Joan of Ark Council of the Knights of Columbus #11317 in Spring Hill, Florida. He was a communicant of Notre Dame Church in Saco. He is survived by his wife of 53 years; two daughters and their husbands, Diane and Dale Carstens of Saco and Kathy and Don Arsenault of Lewiston; two brothers, Roger Vigue of Dexter and Gerald Vigue of Windham; four grandsons, Jeffrey and Michael Carstens of Saco, and Jason and Christopher Gousse of Lewiston. Friends called September 5 at the Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, 61 Main St., Dexter. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated September 6 at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Dexter with Rev. Raymond Morency officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Dexter. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Maine State Trooper's Association, P.O. Box 2741, Augusta, ME 04330. 924-6890