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Kenneth R Rodrigue

Kenneth R Rodrigue, age 73 of Mesa, Arizona, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, lost his valiant battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday, March 26, 2021. Survived by his wife, Michelle (Tetreault) Rodrigue of Mesa, Arizona, his daughter, Jennifer Cole and her husband, Sam Cole of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the Granddaughter, Ashlee Kelsch of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Also survived by nephew Scott Myers and family, Kathy Myers and Rosa Crouch of Laughlin, Nevada, great niece, Bethany Stabler and her family, husband Kam and children, Mac, Jane and Hope, and nephew Johnathan Myers and family, Diane and Jackson, all of Lee’s Summitt, Missouri.
Ken is reunited with his mother, Alice (Platt) Rodrigue, father, Albert Rodrigue, sister Leona (Fortin) Myers and her husband, Jack Myers, all of Lowell, Massachusetts.
A boy officer, Class of 1965, Lowell High School. After graduation, Ken served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971 and was a life member of the DAV. Ken’s many enjoyments came from buying and selling collectibles (much to Michelle’s chagrin), hiking the “big” desert and tending bar from Massachusetts to Arizona. All the people who are blessed to have known Ken will agree “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” Charlie Chaplin.
There will be no memorial service. Ken’s ashes will be interred along side his family at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, at the family’s convenience.