RUMFORD — David D. Chaisson Sr., 78, died Friday, Sept. 02, at the Rumford Hospital. He was a resident of Upton Road in Andover.

Born in Mexico on June 27, 1933, he was a son of the late Philip and Jessie MacPherson Chaisson. He attended Andover Schools. He worked for TRW as a mechanic and foreman.

David was a member of Charity Masonic Lodge in Cambridge, Mass., Knights of Pythias, Rumford Lodge No. 862, BPOE and Andover Congregational Church, where he served as deacon.

He was married in Andover on May 29, 1954, to Philena Crooker, who survives, of Andover. Other survivors include three sons, David Chaisson Jr. and his wife, Denise, of Salisbury, Mass., John Chaisson and his wife, Carmen, of Huachuca City, Ariz., and Mark Chaisson and his wife, Nelia, of Mexico; a daughter, Mary Louise Chaisson, of Waltham, Mass.; a brother, George Chaisson and his wife, Jacqueline, of Bridgton; four sisters, Grace Guimentaro and her husband, Robert, of Shrewsbury, Mass., Peggy Ann Roberts of West Paris, Eleanor Tuttle and her husband, Dale, of Wichandon, Mass., and Jeannine Sullivan of Cambridge, Mass.; and many grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a daughter, Myra, and many siblings.

Online condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.meaderandson.com.