Father Louis J. Gould, 89

    Father Louis J. Gould, 89, formerly of Fitchburg, died Nov. 8 at University of Massachusetts - Memorial Hospital, Worcester. He was the brother of the late Leo Paul Gould of Fitchburg who died in 2010 and the step brother of the late Arthur Veautour.
    Father Gould was born in Fitchburg, Sept. 13, 1930, a son of William and Beatrice (Cormier) Gould. He graduated from St. Joseph's School, Fitchburg and in 1945 entered the LaSalette Fathers Seminary in Enfield, New Hampshire. Before beginning his theological studies at the LaSalette Seminary in Ipswich, he also studied at the order's schools in Hartford; Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Altamont, New York.
    He was ordained May 26, 1962 in Ipswich by Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Reiley of Boston. During his early years with the Missionary Society of Our Lady of LaSalette, he was prefect of the seminary in Cheshire, Connecticut, and then assigned to Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Hartford. He served as principal of the parish school while overseeing the radio broadcast of the Sunday Novena. In 1968 he was appointed director of LaSalette theologate in Ipswich. Seven years later, while on sabbatical, he took part in the clinical pastoral education program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He returned to Massachusetts in 1977 and served as pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Fitchburg. He was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Worcester on Sept. 21, 1990. He served as associate pastor of the St. Joan of Arc Parish, Worcester and St. Mary Parish, North Grafton before being named administrator of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Worcester on Oct. 26, 1990. He was named pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in June 1993. He was named a chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital on Sept. 1, 2000. He retired from active ministry in June 2005.
    Father Gould will lie in state at St. Joseph Church, 49 Woodland St., Fitchburg, on Thursday, Nov. 14,  from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. A vigil service will be offered at 7 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at St. Joseph's. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. The Isabelle & Anderson Funeral Home, 316 Clarendon St., Fitchburg is assisting the family with arrangements.