Paul Andre Archambault, 61, passed away Monday
January 29, 2018 at Cedar Hill Nursing Home in Windsor, VT after a
brief battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family and
friends.
Paul was born in Manchester, NH on May 16, 1956, the 7th child of
Roland and Doris (Bellemore) Archambault. He grew up in the
neighborhoods of the East side and shared many years of adventure
with his brothers, sisters, and friends, including riding his bike to Lake
Massabesic to go camping and fishing, hiking and climbing the local
mountains, and camping out during the blizzard of 1978 with his
cousin David, to name only a few!
He was a well known artist for the beautiful pen and ink drawings he
created of historical buildings and sites in Manchester and throughout
the state of NH. In 1992, he was selected by the state lottery to
produce four classic NH scenes which appeared on a series of scratch
tickets. He established his own business, Nostalgic Images by Paul A.
Archambault, and produced drawings of many local Manchester and
NH sites, including Pine Island Park, Ash Street School, The Ledge in
Deerfield Park, Lake Massabesic, and The Mount Washington
Observatory. One of his great loves was baseball and he created a
series of drawings of the local championship teams, as well as one of
Gill Stadium featuring the three professional players who grew up in
Manchester. The latter included his dear friend, 1979 CY Young Award
winning Orioles pitcher, the late Mike Flanagan. He was also
recognized by the American-Canadian Genealogical society of
Manchester, NH for his artistic contributions to the city.
His love of the outdoors, fly fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping were
showcased in his drawings and photographs. A film photographer
since his days at Memorial High School, he focused on digital
photography later on in his life in the Upper Valley of NH. Known as
Paul Andre Photography, he produced fine art images, as well as
portraits, senior pictures, newborn and family sessions, weddings,
birthdays, photo booths, and his favorite annual Halloween Spook
Shoot, which was a free photo booth he set up in his driveway to take
pictures of the trick or treaters. One of his greatest joys was seeing his
children all follow in his creative foot steps with one a photographer,
one an architect, and one a video game designer.
He is survived by his loving wife, Nina (DePasquale) Archambault,
whom he married in 2012; son, Andrew Paul Archambault of
Casselberry, Florida; daughter, Caryn Ann Grape, and her husband,
Ben, of Lakewood, CO; daughter, Jesslyn Marie Braught, of Bozeman,
MT; and stepson, Tucker Raymond Jordan, of Claremont, NH. He is
also survived by his brother, Maurice Archambault(Chris) of
Robesonia,PA; brother, Emile Archambault(Janice), of Manchester,
NH; brother, Marc Archambault (Eve) of Manchester, NH; sister,
Denise Archambault, of Concord, NH; sister, Suzanna Demers, of
Ormond Beach, FL; his Aunt and Uncle, Paul and Shirley Bellemore,
of Manchester, NH; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews. He was
predeceased by his parents, his brothers, Henri and Donald
Archambault, his nephew, Donald Archambault Jr., and his beloved
Brother-in-law, Roger Demers. We are sure they are all together now,
sitting around the campfire after a day of fly fishing, drinking wine, and
discussing who caught the biggest fish!
A celebration of his life and work will be held on Monday, February 12,
2018 at The Common Man Restaurant in Claremont, NH. Visiting
hours will begin at 1:00PM to visit with the family and view his artwork,
followed by a memorial service at 3:00PM and a buffet dinner from
4:00-6:00PM.
Memorial contributions can be made in his name to the American
Cancer Society.