Cyrille Pierre Lemieux
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 9:44am
Crille Pierre Lemieux, 94, of Abington, MA, formerly of Cheshire, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. He was the beloved husband of the late Irene Guertin Lemieux. He was born in Quebec, Canada, Oct. 19, 1915, a son of the late Horace and Belzemire Lemieux.
Cyrille emigrated to Connecticut at age 16 and attended St. Louis School in New Haven. He worked for Winchester Repeating Arms in New Haven in the Custom Gun Department as a machine setup man. After the death of his wife in 1987 he moved to Abington, MA.He was a hardworking family man who enjoyed family gatherings, his pets, playing cards and pool, jigsaw puzzles and watching his favorite teams, the Boston Red Sox and the Bruins.
He is survived by his daughters, Judith Hurlbert and her husband David, of Durham, and Lauryn Lemieux of Abington, MA; his grandchildren, Karyn Bidwell and her husband Brendan, Elizabeth Brinkley and her husband William, Susan Hurlbert and Scott Hurlbert and his wife Tina; and his great-grandchildren, Christina Hurlbert, Victoria Brinkley, Cadence Hurlbert and Sofia Hurlbert. He was predeceased by his nine brothers and sisters, Elmira, Joseph, Armand, Rose, Laure, Germaine, Marie Ange, Marguerite and Napoleon.
His family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main St., Wallingford, on Friday, Jan. 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 9 a.m. from the funeral home when the funeral cortege will proceed to Notre Dame Church where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Interment will be in St. Bridget Cemetery in Cheshire. In lieu of flowers, gifts in his memory may be sent to St. Vincent De Paul Place, P.O. Box 398, Middletown, CT 06457 www.wallingfordfh.com.
