Albert H. Vye Jr.

AUBURN – Albert H. Vye Jr., 86, of Sidney, died Thursday, March 2, 2023 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn from complications of a recent illness.

He was born in Lewiston on Aug. 25, 1936, the only child of Albert Vye and Blanche (LaBrie).

Albert graduated from Natick High School in Natick, Mass., class of 1955. He served in the USAF from 1955 to 1959. After his military service, Al worked as a machinist for General Electric in Massachusetts and then moved back to Maine and worked for Bath Iron Works until his retirement.

Throughout Al’s life he had a passion for fishing. Al was an avid fly fisherman and knew all the best fishing spots for trout and salmon all over the state, the best times of the year to fish various lakes and streams and the best lures or flies to use. Al introduced many friends and family to the infamous Grand Lake Stream area for salmon fishing and was the longest running visitor to Grand Lake Stream Camps run by Nancy and Gary Betz, renting a cabin every Memorial Day weekend for over 50 years.

Al was a lover of food, especially bakery sweets, and his favorite businesses he frequented and especially loved the Italian Bakery for their Neopolitans.

Al enjoyed a serious game of Cribbage and he will be sorely missed at family gatherings for his lively game playing and great story telling.

Survivors include a daughter, Leandra Zemlansky of Venice, Fla.; first cousins Leonard LaFlamme of North Carolina and Carole Youille, of Massachusetts, and a cousin-in-law, Georgette Rouillard of Auburn; he leaves second cousins that always called him “Uncle Al” including Jim Rouillard and wife Jean of Turner and their sons Ryan of Hartford and Connor of Cumberland; Joel Rouillard and wife Tammy of New York, and their daughter, Kaylee Lessard of New York, and sons Chris Lessard and wife Brittany of Virginia, and Jordan Rouillard and wife Shannon of Lisbon and Elaine Rouillard of New York; close friends, Allan Winchenbach and his wife Carolyn of Sidney.

The family would like to share a special “thank you” to the staff on 3 West of MaineGeneral Hospital and to the Hospice House of Androscoggin for their care and dedication at the end of Albert’s life.

Committal services honoring Albert’s life will be held on Thursday, April 13 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Cemetery in the Mausoleum. A memorial gathering will be held from 9:30 till 10:30 a.m. prior to the service at the cemetery at the Pinette Dillingham and Lynch Funeral Home.

Arrangements by the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway in Lewiston, 784-4023. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at http://www.lynchbrothers.com.

The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider making a donation in Albert’s memory to the

Hospice House of Androscoggin

236 Stetson Rd.,

Auburn, ME 04210