AUBURN – Maurice Juneau, 89, a resident of Clover Manor in Auburn, died on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Androscoggin Hospice House.

He was born in Lewiston, on Sept. 13, 1919, the son of Joseph and Blanche (Bernard) Juneau. He grew up in the close-knit Depression-era New Auburn community and attended St. Louis School and Auburn public schools. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II, and was among the first American troops to land in North Africa.

After the war, he worked at Royal Typewriter and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in West Hartford, Conn., before returning to Maine. When he returned to Maine, he was employed for many years at Oakhurst Dairy, where he became a fixture, first as a route salesman and later as a sales supervisor. He later went to work as a salesman for Marcotte Chevrolet and Louis Chevrolet in Auburn.

He is best remembered by his family and friends for his quick wit and sense of humor. He enjoyed laughing, making others laugh and was always ready with a “new” joke.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Fernande (Lajoie) Juneau of Auburn; two daughters, Anne Legendre and her husband, Paul, of Lewiston and Marie Fogg and her husband, Douglass, of Avon, Ohio; two sons, Daniel Juneau of Land O’ Lakes, Fla., and Richard Juneau and his wife, Jolene, of Auburn; a sister, Yolande St. Pierre of Brunswick; six grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents; his brother, Dominic Juneau; and a sister, Cecile Lebel.