Omer A Poirier

He is survived by his wife Isabella, sons Omer (Heather) and Douglas (Lynne), daughter Suzanne Cabrera (Maurice), grandchildren Andrew, Matthew, Alexander, Rachel, his sister Pauline Cook (Doug), brother-in-law Dalton Foster (Nancy) and 6 nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by granddaughter Allison.Dr. Poirier was born in Massena, NY on July 16, 1931.

He attended Massena Central High School where he was a standout in football and track. He graduated from Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Medicine at Syracuse. He entered the military in 1959 where he served with the 2nd Battle Group, 3rd Infantry in Korea as a Captain. He was awarded a special citation and Army Commendation Ribbon with a metal pendant for outstanding service as a battle group surgeon for significantly reducing the incidence of hemorrhagic fever.After briefly practicing in Port Byron, he returned to his hometown of Massena in 1967 where he practiced at the Doctors Clinic and Salmon River for over 35 years. He was board certified in Family Medicine and was also an addiction medicine specialist. During his career he served as president of the St Lawrence County Medical Society, Massena Town Health Officer, Medical Services Director at Rose Hill Treatment Center for adolescents and school physician for Massena Central Schools and Salmon River Schools. He was on staff at Massena Memorial Hospital where he served in various roles including Chief of Staff. He had a devoted patient following and was well known for delivering thousands of babies in the area, the favorite part of his practice. He moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1995, where he promptly took and passed the Florida Medical Boards and began a fulltime position with Tenent Health Systems working in an outpatient clinic and serving as the Medical Review Officer. In 2007 he finally retired and took on the fulltime job as doting husband, father and grandfather and was a fixture at all his grandchildren's school and sporting events.

A private graveside burial will be held in the VA Cemetery in Palm Beach County. A celebration of his life will be held in Massena in June where all friends and former patients will be invited. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate