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Source: Athol Daily News

Winchendon, MA – Rolland F. Rochon, 89, of Otter River Road, Winchendon, former executive of Union Twist Drill and longtime corporator of Athol Savings Bank, died Monday, November 9, at Quabbin Valley Healthcare after a brief hospice stay.He was the husband of the late Helen M. Rochon (Shepardson), who died in 2019. The couple married in 1958 and raised their four children in Phillipston.Born in Springfield, MA, he was the son and only child of Ernest L. and Irene L. (Lamothe) Rochon. He is survived by his four children: Deborah A. (Rochon) Knott of Laurel, Maryland; Paul F. Rochon of Wrentham; and Glenn D. Rochon and Daniel F. Rochon, both of Winchendon; as well as two grandsons: Evan M. R. Knott of Woodstock, GA and Braden W. R. Knott of Bowie, MD; and two great-grandsons: Henry and Avery Knott of Bowie, MD. He also leaves behind a close friend, Elaine St.

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