BREWER and BANGOR Paul Gerald Chretien, 67, of Brewer, beloved husband of Dodie Chretien, died Feb. 17, 2005, at a Bangor hospital. He was born Aug. 23, 1937, in Lewiston, son of Frank Joseph and Louise Marie (Tremblay) Chretien. Jerry was a 1955 graduate of St. Dominic High School, Lewiston. He served four years in the Intelligence Service of the U.S. Air Force and graduated from the University of Maine in 1963. Jerry worked for Oscar Mayer, was general manager of the Star Beef Co., worked many years at the AFL-CIO developing property for senior housing projects in Madawaska, Augusta and Rockland. He also was general manager of the Maine McLean Group and Crosby Manor Estates where he developed waterfront property in Belfast. Jerry worked for the Alumni Association of the University of Maine and was on the board of trustees at Unity College and served as chairman of the democratic party of Maine under former governor Ken Curtis. He was a member and past grand knight of Pine Cone Council No. 114 and a member of Pine Cone Assembly No. 339 of Bangor. Jerry was an avid golfer and will be remembered as a great Yankee fan. Surviving in addition to his wife, Doris “Dodie” (Preo) Chretien, of Brewer; one son, Marc S. Chretien and his wife, Jeanette, of Brookfield, Wis.; three grandsons, Kyle, Tony and Joshua; two sisters, Marlene Manelski of McLean, Va., Faye Brickel and her husband, Robert, of Lewiston; a nephew, David Manelski and his wife, Suzanne, of Seattle, Wash.; his mother-in-law, Lucille Biron, of Auburn; and a brother-in-law, Robert Preo of Norway. Friends may call 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor, where a prayer service will be offered at 6:30 p.m. by the Pine Cone Council and Assembly. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church, York Street, Bangor with the Very Rev. Richard McLaughlin, pastor celebrant. A committal will be held in the mausoleum at 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 21, with burial to follow in St. Peter’s and Paul Cemetery, Lewiston. Those who wish to remember Jerry in a special way may make gifts in his memory to the Cardiac Unit care of Eastern Maine Charities, EMMC, PO Box 404, Bangor, ME 04402-0404.
PAUL ‘JERRY’ CHRETIEN
