Deceased September 6, 2016
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In Memory
Horace “Frenchy” Laprade passed away Sept. 6, 2016, at age 90, several years older than most of us were at that time since he was a World War II vet. He joined Beta, played soccer for four years and married his surviving wife, Teresa, in 1949. They lived in the “G.I. Village” constructed for vets, located down the hill from James and Stearns.
After Amherst, he and Teresa settled in nearby Springfield, Mass. While there, he learned the insurance trade at Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company and in 1958 completed his legal education at Western New England University.
In 1960 he became regional sales manager for Liberty Mutual in Portland, Maine.
As Frenchy had always hoped to do, in 1964 he brought his family back to Amherst, bought a home adjacent to Pratt Field and developed his career in insurance, real estate, law and investment counseling, Teresa worked in the alumni office at the College ‘til the mid-’80s. She and Frenchy had six children, all of whom grew up in Amherst. I am advised that Frenchy had his best years living and working in his cherished Amherst environment.
In 2004, Frenchy and Teresa moved to Hull, Mass., located at the mouth of Boston Harbor, where Frenchy continued his legal, investment and real estate work until his passing.
Contributing to our 35th year reunion booklet, Frenchy stated, “I look back on my days spent at Amherst with fond memories of great friendships, dedicated teachers, a broad curriculum and an environment conducive to providing us with the tools to enable us in the words of Thoreau (to) “suck the marrow out of life.”
Everett E. Clark ’51