Herbert J. Saucier
1917 – 2009
AUBURN – Herbert Joseph “Frenchy” Saucier, 92, of Auburn, passed away peacefully at the Androscoggin Hospice House Friday morning, Nov. 27, following a brief stay.

He was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, on July 12, 1917, the son of George and Sophie Saucier. Raised and schooled in Madawaska, he worked as a logger and town police officer until 1941 when he married Laura Paquet and moved to Lewiston.

In 1942, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the corps of engineers and subsequently was named the head of the motor pool at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Afterwards, he worked locally as a heavy equipment operator for W.H. Hinman and Rossi Construction until he retired in 1979.

He served his church as a Eucharistic Minister and collector at St. Louis Catholic Church in Auburn.

He was a strong man, an avid fisher and hunter who enjoyed traveling to Northern Maine, watching the Red Sox and tinkering on car engines. He loved a cup of coffee, a donut and a good conversation. He was surrounded by his loving family until his passing.

He is survived by his children, Lorraine Lee and her husband, Emmett, of Monroe, Conn., Barbara Wiseman and her husband, Alain, of Minot, and Herbert L. Saucier and his wife, Rhonda, of Lewiston; his siblings, Lawrence Saucier, Herman Saucier, Wida Jalbert and Helen Pelletier; his grandchildren, Emmett Lee Jr., Jack Wiseman, Christopher Saucier, Jeffrey Saucier and Andrew Saucier; seven great-grandchildren; and his loving companion, Edwina Mailet.

He was predeceased by his wife, Laura, in 1980; and his siblings, James Saucier, Ivan Saucier, Alfred Saucier, Florence Daigle and Marguerite Roy.