T/Sgt. Norman Joseph Aucoin, USAF Retired

Tech. Sgt. Norman J. Aucoin, 79, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, January 4, 2008, in Biloxi. Norman was born June 8, 1928, in Athol, Massachusetts. He was raised Catholic in the Dorchester section of Boston and enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He served on the USS Leyte CV32 and the USS Sirago during the Korean Conflict. Later he joined the U. S. Air Force and retired from the military in 1969. He then held a U. S. Postal Service position and retired in 1989. Norman was a member of the USS Leyte CV32 Association, VFW and DAV. Norman was preceded in death by his former wife, Irma Aucoin, and his parents, Thomas C. and Elida Gogden Aucoin. Survivors include his wife, Janet Aucoin of Biloxi; four daughters, Juanita McAdams of Jackson, MS, Burlyn Shoemake of Hattiesburg, MS, Wendy Boettcher of Texas, and Billie Jo Franklin of Biloxi; two sons, Richard Bookie of Illinois and Jeremy Franklin of Biloxi, and many grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at 12:30 p.m. at the Pass Road Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery with full military honors. In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials be made to Our Lady of Fatima St. Vincent de Paul Society, 314 Jim Money Road, Biloxi, MS 39531. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com.