1922 – 2003

MEXICO – Adolph J. Cyr, 81, of 313 River Road died Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

He was born Nov. 23, 1922, in New Richmond, P.Q. the son of Adelard and Rosehilda Dee Cyr and was educated in schools in Canada. He enlisted in the Canadian Army during World War II and was a member of the Royal Rifles of Canada. In December of 1941, he became a prisoner in a Japanese prison in Hong Kong. He spent three years and eight months as a POW. On Aug. 14, 1945, the liberation of prisoners took place and he returned to Canada.

In 1947, he moved to the United States and settled in the Rumford area. He was employed for 33 years at the Boise-Cascade Paper Group of Rumford where he worked in the cutters. He was a communicant of St. Theresa’s Church in Mexico. He was an officer and active member of LeParasseux Snow Shoe Club for many years. He enjoyed traveling with his beloved wife and spending time in his camper. He could always be seen setting at his picnic table and greeting friends at the Snowshoe Club Camping area at Worthley Pond.

On May 1, 1971, he married Cecile Lapointe.

Surviving besides his wife of 32 years are two daughters, Gladys Cyr of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Jeannine Murray and her husband Kenneth of Peru; two sons, Larry Cyr and his wife Colleen of Gulfport, Fla., and Michael Cyr and his wife Audrey Jean of Tampa, Fla.; six stepchildren, Jean-Marie Bolduc of Montreal, Germaine Lapointe and his wife Laurie, Nicole Richards and her husband David Roger Lapointe and his wife Jocelyn, and Carol Smith and her husband Tim all of Mexico, and Yvan Lapointe and his wife Joanne of Peru; two brothers, Leo Cyr of Montreal and Edmond Cyr of New Richmond, P.Q.; a sister Janine Cyr of Maria, P.Q.; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a brother Lionel Cyr.

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