LEO A. ST. CYR
DALTON, NH -- Leo A. St. Cyr, age 80, passed away at Weeks Medical Center on May 29, 2009 with his loving family by his side.
Leo was born on June 25, 1928, one of thirteen children born to Napoleon and Marie Anne St. Cyr in Colra Ring, Canada. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was stationed in Bermuda as an athletic director and also was on the N.S. traveling basketball team.
Leo was employed by the Gilman Paper Company for 45 years as a Beater Engineer as well as various other positions in the mill. He was also employed by the Georgia Pacific and Simpson Paper Companies. He retired in 1990 at the age of 62. He enjoyed hunting with all his great friends at the hunting camp on Dalton Mountain. He did a lot of fishing in the brooks and lakes up north, especially with his sons while they were growing up. He was a member of the American Legion in Whitefield.
Leo is survived by his wife, Dorothy St. Cyr of Dalton, NH; two sons, Victor and his wife, Tammy St. Cyr, and Richard and his wife, Julie St. Cyr; 7 grandchildren, Corey and his wife, Haley, Shawn and his wife Brynn, Matthew and his wife, Boanacka, McKenzie, Austin, Emily, and Tony; 6 great-grandchildren Ian, Tara, Alan, Carmella, Madeline, and Chol; eight brothers and five sisters, Raoul, Leon, Emile, Walter, Joseph, Francis, Jean, Bea, Irene, Monique, and Simone; many nieces, including Paula, and nephews, one aunt, Theresa Lizzotte, his brother-in-law, Reginald Stevens, and sister-in-law, Margaret Stevens. He was predeceased by one brother, Philip St. Cyr.
SERVICES The family will receive friends on Monday evening, June 1st from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Pillsbury Funeral Home located at 101 Union Street in Littleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the St. Matthew Catholic Church in Whitefield on Tuesday, June 2nd at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Fr. Ray Ball as Celebrant. Burial will be in the Cushman Cemetery in Dalton, NH.
Arrangements and care have been entrusted to the Pillsbury Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Inc. To view an online memorial or to send a message of condolence, please visit www.pillsburyfh.com.