He was born in Woodland July 2, 1943, the son of Leon and Amanda (Martin) Castonguay.
Castonguay was a veteran, having served in Korea and Germany, and a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Caribou.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ilona (Kromer) Castonguay; a daughter, Gina and a son, Steven, all of Woodland; his parents of Woodland, two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Jehn of Pease AFB, N.H., Mrs. Lottie Barker of Presque Isle; a brother, Sylvio of Meriden, Conn., his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Martin of St. Leonard, N.B.
Friends may call at the Morgan Funeral Home in Caribou Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Caribou, with the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Armand Cyr pastor, celebrating at a High Mass of Requiem.
Burial will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery in Caribou.
EASTON -- A 24-year-old construction worker was killed almost instantly Sunday night when he fell from the top of a moving elevator car and landed between the car and the elevator shaft, the state police reported Monday.
Police identified the victim as Walter Castonguay, 24, of Washburn, and explained that the accident occurred about 8:30 p.m. at the Maine Sugar Industries Inc., plant in the main sugar building.
Authorities said Castonguay got into an elevator while it was being worked on by two electricians, Carl Doughty and James Fitzherbert, with Doughty on top of the car and Fitzherbert at the top of the elevator shaft three floors above the car.
Police said the car started in motion, going upward from the first to the second floors, with Castonguay inside. Police reports stated that Castonguay climbed up a steel ladder, through an opening in the top of the car and joined Doughty.
Shortly afterward Castonguay fell between the car and the elevator shaft and was caught and crushed as the car was still traveling between the first and second floors, according to police.
Doughty shouted to Fitzherbert, who pulled a switch at the top of the shaft and stopped the car, police said. Police gave the time of the accident as 8:30 p.m.
An autopsy on Castonguay was performed Monday morning at Community General Hospital in Fort Fairfield by Dr. Samuel Rideout, medical examiner.
[November 19, 1967]