Adrien 'Al' Caron | Cleaning service owner, 75

Adrien L. "Al" Caron, 75, of Glenolden, a cleaning service owner, died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Saturday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

For 40 years, Mr. Caron operated Al's Cleaning Service in Glenolden. He often took troubled youngsters off the streets and gave them jobs, said his daughter Elaine Drozd.

Before establishing his business, he sold insurance and aluminum siding and worked for a chemical company, where he learned to mixed his own cleaning products. At night he cleaned offices and attended St. Joseph's College.

A native of Fall River, Mass., Mr. Caron served in the Navy Medical Corps during the Korean War. While stationed at Philadelphia Naval Hospital, he met Marie Hull at a local dance. They married in 1956.

Mr. Caron was a former volunteer with the Boy Scouts in Glenolden. He enjoyed dancing and Big Band music and was a great storyteller, his daughter said.

In addition to his wife and daughter, he is survived by daughters Diane Almony and Jeannine Greco; sons Paul and Joseph; a brother; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

A Funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. today at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 1 Fatima Dr., Secane. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marple Township.