The family were sailors for many generations. Ozzie is descended from several Carnigan Regiment Soldiers and Filles du Roi, the women sent by King Louis to colonize Canada.
Ozzie worked as a tugboat captain for Macallister Brothers for many years, primarily driving barges up and down the Champlain canal from New York City to the St. Lawrence.
Husband of Violet Burnett LaFontaine. Father of George O. LaFontaine Sr. and Julie Ann LaFontaine Cormie. Grandfather of Stephanie Revely, Andre LaFontaine, George O. LaFontaine Jr., Jordan Dyer and Lacey Cormie. Great-grandfather of Nicholas and Abra LaFontaine, and Layla Dyer.
The family were sailors for many generations. Ozzie is descended from several Carnigan Regiment Soldiers and Filles du Roi, the women sent by King Louis to colonize Canada.
Ozzie worked as a tugboat captain for Macallister Brothers for many years, primarily driving barges up and down the Champlain canal from New York City to the St. Lawrence.
Husband of Violet Burnett LaFontaine. Father of George O. LaFontaine Sr. and Julie Ann LaFontaine Cormie. Grandfather of Stephanie Revely, Andre LaFontaine, George O. LaFontaine Jr., Jordan Dyer and Lacey Cormie. Great-grandfather of Nicholas and Abra LaFontaine, and Layla Dyer.