This page is dedicated to the many fine people who worked at American Optical through the years; the following list is the begining of a tribute to those who contributed to the success of AO and are no longer with us. Of course, this list is just beginning to be compiled and this is frequently updated. Names will be used in future AO Museum displays . 

I look to those who review this to send names to be added (see below):

Anita Abrahamson
Leo Aho
Rufus “Dub” Albertson
Bernard J. Alexandrowicz - 2005
Emile Allard
Roger Alton
John H. Anderson
Carol Andrus
William Anger
Robert (Bob) Arpin
Roland Arpin
Frank Ashe
Clifford W. Ask Sr. - 2003
Germaine Asselin
Fred Austin
William Ayres
Candice "Candy" (GEASEY) Baca, d 17 Sep 1958
Don " Fats" Bachand
Eddie Baker
Jeannette B. Baker - 2005
Leo Baker
Wilma Baker
Bob Bannon
Merrill "Mezzie" Barber
Howard Barclift
Andrew Baron
Shirley A. Bartlett (formerly Leduc) - 2006
George E. Baskie- 1954
Marguerite Beck - 2006
Andrew S. Bednarz - 1999
ERving Bendixen - 2005
William Beecher
Fred Beguin
Donald G. Belanger - 2005
Edward William Belanger Sr. - 1992
Marcel Benjamin
Alva H. Bennett
Norman Benoit
Dana Bent
Ronald Berger
Arthur Bernard
John Bernadone
Joel Berinstein
George Bernard
Ray Bernard
Lucy N. Beruk, d 1 Jan 2003
William “Bill” Berry
Robert “Bob” Bertrand
Arthur Berthiume
Roger H. Betzuld - 2003
Roger Bishop - 2004
Mae Blakely
Veronica Blanchette
Paul Blute
Paul Boeder
Ovila (Sam) Boiteau - 1979
Arthur "Chick" Brunell - 2008
Hamilton “Tony” Bole
Ada Bonimemelli - 2007
Madelyn R. Bonin -2006
Connie Borey
Eugene Boucher
Raoul "Sam" Boulanger- 2002
Edgar Bourgois
Charles M. Bousquet - 2007
Cecile Boutin
Alanson Bowen
Donald J. "Sparky" Branniff - 2005
Neil Brandt
Jeanne Brault - 2007
Lester Brigham
Pat Brigham
Joseph Brodeur
Lorraine Brodeur
Earl T. Brown - 2004
Rita Brown - 2005
Henry Burnett
Fred Bush
Percy Byron
Ernest V. Caderatte - 2006
Dave Cady
James Canning
Adele V. Canty -2004
Dave Canty
Henry Cardenali
Don Carmelite
Owen Carroll
Joseph Anatole Caron
Leon Anatol Caron
Annette Robidoux Castrucci
Bill Castrucci
Caio Cesolini
Ed Chamberlain
Polly Chamberlin
Raymond Chamberlin
Desanges Chamberland
Armand Champagne
Athur Champlin
John Chadwick
Ethel M. Chadwick - 2005
Lee Chang
Al  Charron
Howard E. Chace - 2006
Thelma B. Christianson - 2006
Alfred Christensen
Stanley Chuikay- 2003
Jeanette Ciesla - 2007
Gilbert Clotar - 1994
Evelyn R. Cloutier - 2005
James “Jim” Coderre
Wayne Colby (Case Plant)
Russell Cole
Leona (Rischetelli) Colognesi - 2007
Joe Collette - 1982
Frank Cook -2005
Phil Corish
Florence R. Cote
David Courtemanche
Ted Courtemanche
Noel Coutu
Alton Cowles
Audrey Crawford
Joseph Craig
John C. S. Crosbie - 2008
Henry Cunniff
Robert Cutler
Mariette Daigle
Walter Daniels
Bob Dargie
Oliver “Ollie” Davenport
George E. Davis - 2006
John K. Davis - 2005
Cliff Dawson
Ina Pasay - Dawson- 2002
Armand DeAngelis
Giuseppi deCarolis
Nuncio Paul (Pat) Delmore
James E. Demdkoski - 2000
L. Demers
James De
Anita Desourdy
Ida Chapdelaine Desaulniers -2004
William “Bill” Dickman
Tony Difederico
Sam DeFederico
Alfred DiFederico
Tony DiMatteo
Beni DiMarco
Victor DiMarco
Albert Dionne -2003
Valma A Dion - 2007
Hector DiTomasso
Theresa DiTomasso
Helen Donais
Winston “Win” Dorrell
Rita Dow
Roland Dow
Harry Downing
Robert Dowling
Don Drogue
Henry Dubriel
Arthur Duffy
Joseph Duffy
George Dugas
Tom Dulak -  ~2002
Terry Dunn
Charles Dumas
Arthur Dupre
Judy Dupont- 2008
Paul Duquette - 2007
Yvette M. Duscoe - 2003
Alice (Jaskoviak) Duchesneau
John Dzura - 2004
Charles Endres
Gerald M. Earls - 2007
Thomas M. Earls - 1993
Charles A. Ellis - 2007
Julia Eno
Jean Earnest
John Edmonson
William “Bill” Estes
Paul Ethier
Terry Farrell
Nelson Fay
Henry G.Fernald
Donald Fitts
Charles Filo
Jeanne Fleury
Bruce Fletcher
John Flynn
Isabell Fogwell - 2005
Rachael Foisy - 2006
Jim Foley - May 17, 2007
Larry Foot
William “Bill” Forenti
John “Jack” Forgarty
Armand Fortin
Paul Fortin
Roger L Fournier Sr.  - May 12, 2007
Carl Foster
Frank E. Foss - 2004
Andy Frechette
Ernie Frederick
Mary Frederick
Cora Freeman
Edith M. Freeman
Edwin Freeman
Harriet W (Maddocks) Freeman - 2004
Lawrence J. Freeman
Milt Freeman -2002
Ralph B. Freeman
Ruth Freeman
Wesley (Pat) Freeman
George Gagne
Charles Gallaway
Clifford Gallaway
George Gane
Tim Gamache
Scott K. Gammon - 2005
Ray Gardner
Jackie Gauthier
Arthur Gendreau
Raymond Gendreau
Raymond Gendron
Hans Gerny
Yolanda L. Gervasi -2004
William “Bill” Gibson
William "Bill" Gillespi
Vi Gillespi
Joseph Herve Girard
Lorraine Girard
Dr. A. Estelle Glancy
Manny Gonzalves
Charles (Charlie) Gorman
Gerald E. Goulet - 2007
Aldei J. Goyette, d 27 Feb 2000
Robert E. Graf - 1996
Constance Graham
Harold Grant
Alvin Greene
Brian J. Griffith - July 2007
Bernie Grolman - 2002
Ben Grosevner
Ben Groveneau
Sidney “Sid” Grunnah
Marlene Guerrier
Edward Guild
Clarence S. Guillet - 2005
Dr. Roy C. Gunter - 2006 (Prof from Clark and Holy Cross who worked with "Doc" Tillyer)
Eddy Gurka
Joseph J. Gurka - 2004
Wanda Gwiazdowski
Howard Hackett
Frank Haigh
Lilly Haigh
Gus Hakala
George Hall
Elmer Hansen
Anthony “Tony” Harakas
Alice Harkema
Franklin "Frank" Harrold
Raymond Harsha
Charles "Charley" Hart
Elmer Hartig
John P. Harvey - 2003
Flora "Flo" M. Haynes, d 20 Jun 2003
Fred Hays - 2002
Stanley Hawleck
Len Hebert
Theophile Hebert
Barney Hefner
John Hencinski
"Mamie" Hershey (RN)
Harold Hersom - 2005
John (Jean) Hibbard
John "Pinky" Higgins, Jr. - 2003
Harry W. Hill - 1939
Rita I. (Julian) Hmay - 2008 See 1951 AO Photo of Rita
Don Hoffman - 2001
Celia Mary Holmes - 2005
Don Horne
Dick Hovey
Richard Howard
Garry Howell (West Coast Sales Mgr)
Richard J. "Dick" Hughes- 2006
Edwin Raymond Hunt
William “Bill” Hunter
June Hutchinson
Lawrence Hutchinson
Stanley Hwalek
W.Lewis ("Lem") Hyde - 2003
Ralph Iacobucci
Joseph Iozzo
Pete Israel
Betty (Stoddard) Jenkins
Cecile Y. Jette - 2005
George Jolly
Laura Jolly
Don Johnson
James E. Johnson
Robert (Bob) B. Johnson
Florence Jolda
Henry Jolda
Thelma Jones
Russell C. Joslin ~ 1999
John Jovan
Edward Kacsmarek - 2006
Pauline Kaddaras
Edward A. Kaszyinski
Arthur J.Kavanagh
Edith Nass Kacavich
Joe Kelly
Vi King
Fay Delancey Kinney, d 16 Apr 1939
Karl Klatte
Catherine Klosek
Victor Kniss
Frank Kondratowicz
Joseph Kowalski
Peter Krehling
Rita Kupiec - 2004
Larry Kurtzman- ~1995
Frank P. Kusek - 2005
Hormidas Lacasse
Janice Lacasse
Larry Lacasse
Henri Lacapelle -2005
Ray Lachapelle - 1986
Rachel Lacroix Collette - 2003
Henry Lach - 2006
Joseph "Joe" Lachapelle
Nelson R. Lachapelle
Oliver “Chick” Lachapelle
Wilfred (Wil) Lachapelle
Gerald E. LaFleche - Sr. - 2004
Robert A. LaFranchise - 2006
Dave LaMarre
Thelma R. Lamoreux - 2003
George Lamothe - 2003
Rita Lamothe
May Rose Landreville - 2006
Joe Langevin
Gerald Langlois - 2005
Alphonse Lango -1954
Arthur Lango - 1991
Joseph Lango -  1980
Norbert Lango - 2006
Colonel Carl Larson
Ed Lau
Robert L. Lavoie - 2003
Christine Lavoie
Odilon Lavoie
Paul Lafleche
Roger N. Lafleche - 2005
Mario LaPorte
Romeo Lataille
Joseph Lazure
Norman E. Leathers -2006
Ray Lebel
Norman LeBlanc
Theophile Leblanc
Leo P. LeBoeuf  - 2002
George Leclair
Eleanor M. L'Ecuyer - 1996
Phillip B. L'Ecuyer - 1977
Emelia Leduc
Noel Lefevre
Robert E. Lee - 2002
Gerard Lefebvre
Fernande Lefebvre
Norman T. Lemay - 2003
Leonide J. Lemire - Dec 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor)
George Lemoine
Charles Lemoyne (Lens Plant)
Norman Lemoyne (Cataract lens)
Doris (Terry) Lemoyne (Lens Plant)
Joe Lempicki - 2007
Armand O. LePain - 2006
Joe Lesniewski
Rachael Lesneiwski
Stanley Lesniewski
Louis G. Letourneau - 2004
Betty J. (WHIPP) Lewis, d 1 Oct 2003
Philip Lewis
John J. Libera - 2007
Gerald Lippe
Raul Van Ligten -1995
Vivian Lindsay
Stoughton Litchfield
Francis Little
Bob Littlejohn
Alpha Livernois
Armand Livernois
Anthony M. Lorusso, d 30 Mar 2002
Bernard J. Lorkiewicz - 2007
Frank Lucier
Edwin Lundstrom
Rita Lundstrom
Robert Lundstrom - 2003
Emma Lundquist
William Lusignan
George B. Lynch
Richard C. Macallister - 2005
May Maciejewski - 2007
Frank MacDonald
Shirley MacDonald
Stephen MacNeille
Ethel Madelle
Robert (Bob) Magill
Peter C. Magnante- 2002
Lenny Malser
Richard Mann - 2002
Albert J. Maramo - 2004
Eugene (Gene) Marshall
Joseph Martin
Deacon  Clarence H Martel - 2007
Les Martel
Roger Martel
Rene Martel
Geraldine M. Martell - 2004
Lester R. Martell - 2005
Richard Maryanek- 2002
Lauretta A. Mathieu - 2005
Pat Maxwell
Edgar McCann - 2005
Edward J. McCarthy - 2005
Phil McCarthy
Howard McEvoy
Harold McGrath
George McKinstry
Jeffrey McKinstry- May 2001
Bob McMaster
Pauline Mellor - 2005
LorraineA.Lemoine Menard - 2008
Shirley Mercardo
Blanche Metivier
Nicholas Michael
Pandely Michael
"Ben" Milas
Bob Miller
Clarence "Bugs" Miller
William (Bill) Mintzler
Mary S. Misiaszek - 2008
Ellsworth P. Mitchell - 2004
Ralph Mitchell
Harold Molynaux
Albert Mominee
Rita Mominee
Corrine Monaco
Maurice Moneau
Felix Moninski - 2005
Dr. Ralph Monroe
George Moran
Joe Moriarty
Dollard "Dell" Morin - 2005
Dan Morrill
Timothy Moriarty
Gradon Morse
Harry D. Morse -2004
Robert R Moses
Charles Mosely - 2005
James F. Mooney Jr. - 2001
Alice Mroczek - 2005
Catherine E. (RYAN) Mullahy, d 27 Jan 1998
Henry Murphy
Frank Nadeau
John Nabozny
Alex Noga
Clarence Nass
William "Bill" Nealon
George Newell - 2005
Dante Nicoletti
Henry Murphy Alexander Noga
Harry M. Nordman -2006
Andrew Norowski
Julius Neumuller
Brian O'Brien Sr.
Howard Oakes
Clarence H.Ohwiler
Marcy L. Osimo- 2003
"Tito" Osimo
Charles Orzech
William Orzech
Fred Paul
Joseph Pasey - 2001
Mary Yates Paretti
"Jimmy" Perazzola
Vincent Perazzola - 2004
Rita (Smith) Partlow
Louis Patenaude
Norman Patenaude
Marion Peek - 2007
Normand "Jacl" R. Pelletier
Norman Peloquin
Roger Peloquin
Arthur Pellow
Amy Pelliteier
Anne Perreault - 2006
Colleen Perry
Albert Petrelli
Roland Phaneuf - 2007
Ron Phelps
Wendell Phillips
Clarence Phoenix
Therese M. Pickel - 2003
Theodore "Ted" Pikul - 2006
Walter Piechota
Robert  Piehl - 2003
Harold Piehl
Margaret Piehl
Doris (Pariseau) Pienta- 2003
Nils Pierson - 2004
Richard Polakowski
Frances (Kochanowski) Polakowski
Joe Polanik
Donald Pontbriand
Roy K. Pontbriand - 2005
Arthur Potvin
Norman Powers
Robert Powers
Nathan Proctor
James S. Prokos - 2005
Getrude Proulx - 2003
Mary Alice Proulx
Norman Proulx
Roland (Roe) Proulx - 2003
Theresa M. Proulx - 2006
Theresa M (Lacasse) Proulx  2007
Paul Quigley - 2003
Mary D. Quint
Donald Rawson
Richard Reed - 2008
William Redi
Wesley Reed
Robert Reed
John Regan
Clarence Reichert
Joe Reid
James A. Reilly - 2005
Andrew Remian
Evelyn S. Remijan - 2007
Walter P. Remijan - 1981
Seaver Rice
Alice A. Richards - 2005
Westley “Wes” Richardson
Jerald (Jerry) Richer
Raymond Richer
Reed Rich - 2008
Catherine E. Righi - 2004
John E. Rischitelli- 2002
Guy Roehrig
Louis Rowe
Robert A. Roy - 1997
Vin Rubenstein
Bernard Rutan - 2006
Edmond Ryan
Janet St. Martin
Clarence H. Ohlwiler
Claire L. (Charron) St. Onge-2003
Eugene St. Onge- 2005
Tony Orsini
Harold Osterberg
Rose Salviuolo
Estelle Santelli
Frank A. Santelli
Pasquale “Pat” Santelli
Dominic Santo
Elizabeth Santo
Louis Santo
Richard (Dick) Sardella
Dorothy Sarty
Norman St. George
Sidney (Sid) Schiar
Weldon Schumacher
George H.Schauweker
Norman Schuck
Dave Scott
Ed Scully
Kurt Seastrand
“Butch” Servant
Jeanne A. Servant - 2005
Roger Servant
Sam Sheard
Ed Sheehan
Mary T. Shea
Alice Shepard
Margaret (Peggy) E. Serleto - 2007
Carl G. Silverberg - 2004
Lawrence "Larry" J. Simmonds,  Jr. - 2004
Constance (Dion) Sinni - 1996
Elizabeth Sinni
Frank Sinni - 1998
Clemmence Smith - 1974
Ken Smith
Lyndal Smith - 1985
Vangel Soter
NancySoules
Fred Soutir
Clayton Spinney
Edward Splaine
Francis Splaine
Francis J. Splaine - 2005
Rudolph St. Pierre
Robert Standrowicz
"Tiny" Stark
Wes Stecker
Genevieve Stelmach
Chris Stevens
Ray Stevens - 2007
Robert “Bob” Stewart
Walter Alan Stewart
John Sticksel
Theodore L. Story, MD
PfcHelmerReinoldStenquist
Robert "Bob" St. Onge -2008
Hary H. Styll
Arthur "Swanee" Suominen -2003
Emil J. Sugar - 1995
George Sweet
Wilma Swirbliss
Edward Szydlik
Emily J. (Raczynski) Szydlik - 2005
Ida Tansey
James Tansey
Jerry Tavernier
Edith Tavernier
Normand D. Theriault - 2006
Abbie Tetreault
Theresa (Terri) Tetreault
Alex Theodoss
Gilda Thomas -2003
Esther Barnes Thornburn - 2006
Milton Thornburn
E. William ("Bill") Tillyer
Dick Tillyer
Dr. Edgar D.Tillyer
Carl Tinglof
Thomas Titchen - 2001
Frances Toomey
John F. Toomey
Alex Torda - 1994
Bill Toye
Waltor Trazinski
Eqstachio "Tiny" Trifone
James Trifone
Mario Trifone
Eleanor T. Trocki
Bernard Trucheon
Eleni S. Tsongalis
James Tsongalis
Mary Tsongalis
Soterios 'Sam' Tsongalis
Elizabeth "Betty" A. Turcotte -2008
Roland Underwood
Barbara M. Ungerer - 2006
Irene G. Valcourt - 2006
Laura Valle
Dennis Vancil
John Vangel
Mike Vangel
James Vasil
Al Vasseur
Ernest Vermette
Avram Veshia
Vefa Veshia
A. Milton Vinton -2004
Herman Vinton
Elaine Vizard
Fred Volpini
Fred Voltz
Edward Volpini
Roger Wadsworth
JoAnne Waite
Alec Walkinshaw
Edward Waliszewski
Howard Wall
Ralph Waldron
Raymond Warneka
Larry Weberg
John Weaver
Creighton Wedge
John Weiss -2007
Francis Welch
Loretta Welch - 2003
Albert Bacheller Wells - 1953
Channing McGregory Wells -1959
George Burnham Wells - 1967
George Washington Wells - 1912
Joel Cheney Wells - 1960
John Morse Wells - 1976
Audrey Westwell - 2006
Ed White
Donald B. Whitney - 1998
Wilber Whitney
Ed White
Phillip Whitman
Irving Wilson
Rudy Wood
Harry Woods
Calvin J. Wright, 8 Nov 2002
“Jimmy” Xanthakos
Colin Yates
Cleo Yanka
Spiro Yanka
Steve Yanka
Alice Young
Bob Zeidler - 2005
Byron J. Zeigler
William Zitka
James Zonia
Edward Zuiss
Doris Zuese - 2003
 

In June 2006, Cless Robbins submitted two large lists of names to be added.
One names that he believed to be deceased , the is a list of unknown status.
Thanks so much Cless!!!
With time, I will add to the list below those names certain to be deceased from Cless's lists.
 

Special Thanks to Mary Trifone, for her Dec 2005 submit of 54 names, now included on this list.

July 8, 2003 Update list of names from Ken Perry and Fred Moynahan (Pdf File)

Thanks Ken and Fred!!!  Also Nov 5 Update includes 32 new names submitted by Susan Lataille
On  January 28, 2004 there were 32 corrections and additions from Don Nass. Thanks!
17 Additions from Mary Trifone - Dec 2007