Everett L. CORMIER

CROSS LAKE and ORONO - Everett L. Cormier, 89, died Jan. 13, 2005, at a Bangor hospital. He was born June 19, 1915, in Van Buren, the son of Abel and Marie (Paradis) Cormier. Everett served his country in the U.S. Army for 30 years, participating in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War retiring in 1964 with a rank of colonel. He was an avid fly fisherman and loved wading in knee high boots in the varied fishing streams and favorite fishing holes of Northern Maine and New Brunswick. For many years Everett loved making his summer home on Cross Lake and his winter home in Destin, Fla., with his beloved wife "Bobby". He loved telling a good story and was able to speak four languages as a result of each tour of duty that took him around the world from Italy to Japan. Everett was a great man and was a devoted husband and loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Everett is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Roberta (Ouellette) Cormier, of Orono; two sons, Matthew Cormier, of Colchester, Conn., Paul Cormier, of Fairfax County, Va.; a daughter, Kathy Wolanin, of Centerville, Va.; six grandchildren, Lisa, Steven, Neal and Mike Cormier, Leona and Frank Turner; and three great-grandchildren, Coron Hunter Turner, Lili Cormier, and Frank Turner III. Friends are invited to visit with the family from 10-12 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Brookings-Smith, LaBeau Chapel, 72 Main St., Orono. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at St. John's Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor, with the Very Rev. Richard McLaughlin, pastor, celebrant.