Farmington – Roger F. Castonguay, 80, a resident of Franklin Road in Jay, died Tuesday, June 20, at Sandy River Nursing Home, where he had been a patient for six months. He had previously been a resident of d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston for six months before moving to Farmington.

He was born April 14, 1926, in Jay, the son of Pierre and Carmelle (Labine) Castonguay and was a graduate of Livermore Falls High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.

On Oct. 27, 1952, he married the former Irene Boucher of Jay. He worked for International Paper Co. and James River Paper Co. at Otis Mill in Jay as a maintenance supervisor, retiring in 1988.

He was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church in Jay and a member of the I.P. Quarter Century Club.

He is survived by his wife of Jay; two brothers and their wives, Rene and Anita Castonguay of Jay and Paul and Barbara Castonguay of Livermore; eight sisters, Patricia Nadeau of Livermore, Lorraine Cote of Jay, Pauline Dion and her husband, Alex, of Jay, Marguerite Williamson and her husband, Earl, of New York, Claudette Lemelin and her husband, Alcide, of Livermore, Anita Couture and her husband, Giles, of Livermore Falls, Theresa Maranda of Livermore and Jacqueline Mercier and her husband, David, of Livermore Falls; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by two sisters, Gloria Henry and Louise Nolette.