URBAN EARL AUCOIN

URBAN EARL AUCOIN STOCKHOLM – Urban Earl Aucoin, 86, beloved husband, father and grand-father, died unexpectedly May 20, 2004, at a Caribou healthcare facility. He was born Jan. 16, 1918, in Caratunk, the eldest child of William and Mary (Gallant) Aucoin. In 1941, Urban Married Ethel Kenney. During World War II, he served as a military policeman in the U.S. Army. Following the war, he worked for several years on the Loring Air Force Base construction project. He was then employed by Maine Public Service where he was known as “Slim.” He worked at the company’s steam plant until his retirement in 1983. Urban was a member of St. Theresa’s Catholic Parish in Stockholm. He was a life member of the Perkins Plourde Post, American Legion No. 136, where he had become active again in the past year. He especially enjoyed cribbage night and attending the steak suppers and dances with his friends. Urban enjoyed walking in town, talking with his friends, and visiting with folks that were housebound. He made friends wherever he went and looked at every day as a new adventure. In addition to his wife, who died on June 19, 2003, he was predeceased by his brother, Myron Aucoin. He is survived by a daughter, Joan McElwain and her husband, Frank, of Caribou; a brother, Victor Aucoin and his wife, Roberta, of Assonet, Mass. He was very proud of his grandchildren, Diana, Lauren and Spencer McElwain, all of Caribou. He is also survived by sisters-in-law, Helen Spencer of Middletown, Conn., Earla Watson of Presque Isle, Phyllis MacGregor of Orlando, Fla., Marie Kenney of Limestone, and Jean Heitert of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He will be sadly missed by his second family, Phil and Mae Gorneault and their children and grandson and by his caregiver, Carol Searles. Family and friends may call 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the Lancaster Morgan Funeral Home, 11 Clover St., Caribou. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Stockholm, with Fr. Than Nugyan, pastor officiating. Interment will be at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Caribou. Donations in Urban’s memory may be made to the Perkins-Plourde Post American Legion No. 136 Memorial Fund. Envelopes will be available at the Post or the funeral home.