Ovide N. Poisson

February 19, 1918 - August 4, 2016

ELLSWORTH- Ovide N. Poisson, 98, of Ellsworth, Maine died on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at the Seaport Village Healthcare in Ellsworth. He was born in Pontex Saskatchewan, Canada on February 19, 1918 the son of the late George and Bernadette (Jacques) Poisson. He traveled to the U.S. as a young boy and lived in the Lewiston and Auburn area. He moved to Blue Hill, Maine in 1987. He attended local schools till the eighth grade. With the onset of WWII, he joined the Army serving in Africa and Italy. He became a naturalized citizen serving in Africa. He worked at the Hill and Bates textile mills for over fifty years. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Church in Ellsworth and a lifetime member of the American Legion Post #22 in Lewiston. Ovide’s greatest joy was spending time with his family. He was an avid reader, playing cribbage and had a special talent when it came to sewing, especially the rice bags he sewed as gifts of love to nursing home patients. He is survived by three daughters Pauline Cornish of Lewiston, Arlene Beaudoin and her husband Louis of Hooksett, NH and Claire Manyak and her husband Raymond of Blue Hill, Maine; a step-son Richard Boulet and his wife Tina of Lewiston; 11 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Laurette Poisson; his parents George and Bernadette Poisson; brothers Gilbert and his wife Blanche, Gerard and his wife Muriel, Richard and his wife Jeannine and Muzart and Roland; sisters Bernadette and her husband Paul Bolduc, Yvette and her husband Lucien Goulet and Germaine and Rosaire Bechard. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com . NOTICE Poisson- Died in Ellsworth, Maine on Thursday August 4, 2016. Mr. Ovide N. age 98 a resident of Ellsworth. A Funeral Mass honoring Ovide’s life will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Holy Cross Church. Committal services along with a military honors service will then follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Those wishing may make contributions in Ovide’s memory to Beacon Hospice, 289 State St. Suite B, Bangor, Maine 04401. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.