FRENCHVILLE – Alma P. Cyr, “Tima” as she was lovingly known by her family and friends, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009, surrounded by her family at a Frenchville nursing home. She was born June 3, 1918, in Frenchville, the daughter of Pierre and Helen (Marin) Paradis. Alma led a very active and productive life with God and family at the center of her life. While raising a family she was a Head Start teacher, teacher’s aide, 4-H leader, cared for the priest’s clothing and sacristan for the church, was an active member of the Cursillo Committee at the CLC and the Ladies of St. Anne. Despite her responsibilities with home and church, Alma still managed to find time to take a leadership role in the American Legion Auxiliary No. 145 of Frenchville, chaired fundraising committees for Cancer & Heart Fund and local scholarships. In 1988 she was selected the first woman to be named “Citizen of the Year” for the town of Frenchville and in 2003 was one of the three valley women to be recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to family, work and community as Woman of Aroostook. She will be dearly missed by her family and many friends, also by her extended family at St. Joseph Nursing Home. She is survived by eight children whom she loved dearly, Rose Marie Scalise of New Britain, Conn., Ivan Jr. and wife, Monique, of Southington, Conn., Jim and wife, Mae Rita, of Birch Point, Theresa and husband, Jack LaCourse, of Frenchville, Claire and husband, Bob Pelletier, of Levant, Paul and wife, Kathy, of Madawaska, Fred “Bim” and wife, Mildred, of Bristol, Conn., and Bea and husband, Reginald Ouellette, of Frenchville; 17 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren whom she loved with all her heart, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Ivan; daughter, Patricia; her parents; stepfather, Theophile Picard; one brother, Pit; and two sisters, Lucienne Horne and Claire Upton. Friends and relatives may call 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. until the time of services Thursday at Michaud Funeral Home, St. Agatha. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Luce Catholic Church, Frenchville, with the Rev. Angelo Levasseur officiating. Burial will be in the spring at St. Luce Cemetery. For those who desire, donations may be made to St. Joseph Nursing Home Activity Fund. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.
ALMA ‘TIMA’ P. CYR
