ESSEX / LEOMINSTER - Christopher Michael Gould, 34, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. He was born in Worcester and raised in Leominster. Chris graduated from Leominster High School and UMass Lowell and worked for EMC Corp. as a Senior Software Engineer in Research and Development. Chris will be lovingly missed and never forgotten by his two children, Quinn Daniel and Violet Marie Gould; his mother, Paula E. (Brazeau) Gould of Leominster; his siblings, Melissa A. Vautour and her husband, Randy of Leominster and their twin sons, Nathan and Joseph, sisters Kara (Stearns) Porter, Kaci Stearns, and Danielle Gould of Ohio; his maternal grandmother, Gail A. (Tuntstall) Brazeau of West Boylston; his paternal grandmother, Jeannette (Branchaud) Gould of Albuquerque, NM; his aunts and uncles, including Susan Brazeau, Robert Brazeau, Susan and David Gibbs, Timothy and Susan Gould, and Thomas and Theresa Gould all of Worcester County; the mother of his children, Elizabeth (Kessler) Gould of Gloucester. He was predeceased by his father, Daniel R. Gould.