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<\/a>N\u00e9 le 12 mai 1926 \u00e0 Jussarupt, Armand \u00e9tait l\u2019a\u00een\u00e9 d\u2019une fratrie de deux enfants. Devenu orphelin de p\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 8 ans, il a tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t connu le travail. Jeune adolescent, il sillonnait d\u00e9j\u00e0 les routes avec son mulet pour ramasser les fromages, avant de se lancer dans la vente d\u2019aliments pour animaux, puis dans le commerce de pommes de terre.<\/p>\nLe 28 ao\u00fbt 1953, il \u00e9pouse Aim\u00e9e Thiery \u00e0 Jussarupt. Le couple s\u2019installe d\u2019abord dans la maison familiale, puis d\u00e9m\u00e9nage en 1957 \u00e0 Granges, o\u00f9 Armand ouvre un commerce de vente et de r\u00e9paration de machines agricoles, qu\u2019il tiendra jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa retraite.<\/p>\n
Amoureux de la montagne, il s\u2019installe ensuite au Valtin dans un chalet avec son \u00e9pouse. Homme d\u2019initiative, il relance en 1972 le t\u00e9l\u00e9ski des Hautes Navi\u00e8res, puis construit en 1985 l\u2019h\u00f4tel Le V\u00e9tin\u00e9<\/strong>, qu\u2019il transmettra \u00e0 sa fille unique, Marie-Paule, et aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 l\u2019un de ses deux petits-enfants, S\u00e9bastien. Armand, qui \u00e9tait \u00e9galement six fois arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re, a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 guider les clients de l\u2019h\u00f4tel jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ses 80 ans, tout en entretenant avec passion ses for\u00eats. Un homme travailleur, g\u00e9n\u00e9reux et profond\u00e9ment attach\u00e9 \u00e0 sa r\u00e9gion s\u2019en est all\u00e9.<\/p>\nUne c\u00e9r\u00e9monie religieuse sera c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e en sa m\u00e9moire le mardi 15 juillet 2025 \u00e0 14h30 en l\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Sylvestre du Valtin.<\/p>\n
Nos sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>N\u00e9 le 12 mai 1926 \u00e0 Jussarupt, Armand \u00e9tait l\u2019a\u00een\u00e9 d\u2019une fratrie de deux enfants. Devenu orphelin de p\u00e8re \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 8 ans, il a tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t connu le travail. Jeune adolescent, il sillonnait d\u00e9j\u00e0 les routes avec son mulet pour ramasser les fromages, avant de se lancer dans la vente d\u2019aliments pour animaux, puis dans le commerce de pommes de terre.<\/p>\n