Louis "Bert" B. Godin

Louis “Bert” Godin was born in Auburn on October 22, 1930 and was the youngest of six children of the late George and Alma (Simard) Godin. Bert, as he was known by family and friends, received his education at St. Louis Parochial School in Auburn, spent his freshman year at Walton Junior High School and was a member of Edward Little High School, class of 1948.

He was a Korean war veteran, serving in the Air Force after basic training at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was assigned to be part of an air force Group that was to open up Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, N.Y. as Lackland Air Force Base was overflowing with new recruits and a new training base was needed. He arrived at Sampson in February of 1951 and served there until his discharge on November 7,1953 with the rank of A/1C Sargeant.

After his military service, Bert began a new career as a letter carrier with the Auburn Post Office in February of 1954 and retired after a 34 year career on January 2,1988.

On May 28,1955 Bert married the love of his life, the former Lucille Dufresne, and together they raised two sons, Raymond and Bertrand and a daughter, Jeannine. Bert and Lucille always enjoyed the sports that their children were involved in whether it was baseball, soccer, hockey, field hockey, softball, or cheering.

Bert especially loved baseball growing up and was a lifelong Yankee fan. He was a pitcher for all the schools he attended. He was also active in the Twin City League and a few Old Timers games. He also coached baseball at Holy Family School and at Elliot Little League.

Bert was also active in the games of table tennis and bowling. He won five Twin City Table Tennis Championships and successfully organized a table tennis league between local clubs that were active at the time. Being an avid bowler, he was inducted into the L/A Bowlers Hall of Fame in 1986 after bowling 298 on two separate occasions.

Family and friends were very important to Bert and he loved supporting his grandchildren near and far..

He is survived by two sons, Raymond G. Godin and his wife, Sandra, of Eustis and Bertrand R. Godin and his wife, Andrea, of St.Louis, MO; one daughter, Jeannine Godin of Lewiston; one sister Therese LaFontaine of Lewiston; seven grandchildren, Amy Vaillancourt and her husband, Greg, of Minot, Andy Davis and his wife, Jennifer, of Minot,, Ashley Turcotte and her fiance, David Harvey, of Lewiston, Allison (Turcotte) Fontaine and her husband, Gabriel, of Sandy, UT, Casey (Godin) Higgins and her husband, John, Mykayla and Nick Cook, all of St. Louis, MO; eight great-grandchildren, Trent Vaillancourt and his fiance, Lexy, and Luke Vaillancourt of Minot, Liam and Nolan Davis of Minot, Finn and Lochlan Fontaine of Sandy, UT, Ace Harvey and first great-granddaughter on the way, Eleanor Harvey both of Lewiston.

He was predeceased by his wife, Lucille (Dufresne) Godin, in 2008; his grandson, Justin Godin in 2014; his sister, Priscilla Labrie, in 1993; three brothers, Gerry and Roland Godin, in 2006, Marcel Godin, in 2015.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Monday, October 30, 2023 from 4 – 7 pm at The Fortin Group, 217 Turner Street, Auburn, ME. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 11 am at The Fortin Group, Auburn, ME. Burial will follow in St Peter Cemetery, Lewiston.

In lieu of flowers please donate to PAL (Police Athletic League) of Lewiston