Roger J. Couillard

He was born in Van Buren on August 15, 1930, the son of the late Armand and Zenide (Dubois) Couillard.

He was a member of the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Union Local 783 of Lewiston and Augusta from 1973 until he retired in 1987. He traveled to a lot of paper mills in Maine, New Hampshire and New York. Upon retiring he took care of his late wife, Evelyn. He was a member of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Sabattus. Roger loved his Lincoln Town cars and tinkering on welding projects at home.

He is survived by his four sons, Peter and his wife Louise of Oakland, David and his wife Sandra of Turner, Philippe and his wife Roxanne of Greene and Armand and his wife Audrey of Turner; two daughters Adrienne DeForge and her boyfriend Ed Adams of Oxford and Nicole Powell and her husband Billy of Greene; grandchildren TJ and Beth Couillard of Monmouth, Troy and Jessica Couillard of Leeds, Lars and Noah DeForge of Sabattus, Will and Maggie Powell of Greene, Angela Powell of Kingsport, TN and Christopher Powell of Greene; great grandchildren Brady and Lydia Couillard of Leeds, Alaina and Olivia Powell of Greene, Makayla, Karlie, Darnell and Breanna Powell of Kingsport, TN; brothers Eugene of Lewiston, Armand and his wife Yvonne of Lewiston and Normand and his wife Irene of North Carolina; sisters Omerine Desjardins and her husband Leo of Lewiston, Jeanne Lachance of California, Jackie Fish of North Carolina; and a lot of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Roger was predeceased by his parents; his wife Evelyn of Wales; brothers Larry of Auburn and Roland of California; sisters Mildred Asselin of Lewiston and Theresa Bussiere of Lewiston.

The family sends their deepest appreciation to the staff at Clover Manor Health Care Facility and to Androscoggin Home Health and Hospice Care.

Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com .

Couillard- Died in Auburn on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Mr. Roger J. age 87 a resident of Wales. Funeral services honoring Roger’s life will be celebrated on Sunday at 3:00 PM at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home. Burial will be held later in the spring at Valley Cemetery in Greene. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Roger’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association of Maine, 383 US Route One #2C, Scarborough, Maine 04074. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 1-3 PM prior to the service at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.