OAKLAND – “Keep it neat with Pete”It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Peter Michael Levesque of Oakland on Tuesday Jan. 18, 2022, at the age of 78 years. He has passed from this world to rejoin his beloved wife Virginia in the hereafterPeter was born on Jan. 28, 1943 to Leon Levesque Sr. and Muriel (Loubier) Levesque of Fairfield. The seventh child of nine siblings, Leon and Muriel named their five youngest boys John, David, Paul, Peter and James after the disciples of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.The family lost their patriarch early in their lives, leaving Muriel and the older siblings to raise the family when there were little to no aid programs available. Relying on their faith of God and family bond all nine siblings grew into devoted and successful individuals, bestowing those traits on to their own families. Peter had to go to work early in life to help himself as well as his family, holding multiple jobs at one time. It was while working at the Cascade Woolen mill in Clinton that he fell in love with his soulmate at a diner across the street where Virginia Beale was waiting tables. That love affair was put on hold in the spring of ‘67 when Peter was drafted into the U.S. Army. Peter served his country in Vietnam with the 8th Army assigned to an artillery unit, participating in the TET Offensive in January of ‘68, Peter returned home to fend off any potential suitors and married his true love Virginia Beale and raised two boys. Pete and Ginny as they were known were a dynamic duo, professionally as well as socially. In between working swing shifts at the Mill, Pete and Ginny opened the first of her hair salon’s the Zodiac on Silver Street in Waterville. In his spare time Pete began a small rubbish route on the town dump days. Building from that Peter grew his side hustle, acquired other small local routes and eventually his company was sought after and acquired by the largest rubbish company on the globe. Not too weighed down with the thought of retirement, they purchased the Saddleback Motor Inn in Rangeley. Having seen its better days, the Inn was in need of renewal, so Pete and Ginny rolled up their sleeves and went back to work. After renovating the 20 room Inn they rebranded the restaurant and bar the Hungry Trout Bar & Grille. Pete and Ginny played host to thousands over the course of eight years, and if any of them did not have a heluva of a good time, they were incapable of having one. Peter was a family man, providing to his two sons what he thought he did not have growing up. His best friends were all his siblings and they all could be found at each other’s houses on the weekends. He reveled in spending time with his numerous nieces and nephews and they all loved their uncle Pete. Peter befriended many people with his charm, sense of humor, grin and that twinkle in his blue eyes, never having any ill will for anyone. Peter is survived by his sons, Brent (Annette) of Winslow, Brian (Shyanne) of Burnham; grandsons, Dustin of Portland and Jared of Winslow; brother James of Faifield, sisters Joann Hopkins of Green Spring’s Cove, Fla. and Kathy Sandy (Raymond) of Ocean View, Del.; brother-in-law, Charles Proctor of Burnham, sisters-in-law Mary of Augusta, Drena of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Lillian of St. Meyers, Fla., Delores of Benton and Jane of Campbellsville, Ky. He was predeceased by his brothers, Paul, David, John and Leon Jr. and a sister Annette Cloutier. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday Feb. 6 at the V.F.W. Post. 8835 175 Veteran Dr. Winslow, Maine at 2 p.m. The service will be livestream at
https://m.facebook.com/106693758590354/ In lieu of flowers, you may make a charitable contribution to the:Ronald McDonald House RMHC of Maine, Inc.250 Brackett St.Portland, ME 04102-3208RMHC.ORG

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