Conrad Joseph Lausier

FREEPORT - Conrad Joseph Lausier, 91, a longtime resident of Auburn, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, at Webster Commons in Hawthorne House Assisted Living, Freeport. He was born March 5, 1919, in Grand Isle, the son of Alexis and Julie (Dionne) Lausier, and was their last surviving child out of a large French Canadian family. After the death of his mother in 1935, he lived with relatives and worked on the railroad. He moved to Danforth in 1938 to live with his sister, Helen, and finish high school. After graduation in 1940, he married Marguerite Cropley and together they raised nine loving children. During World War II he built Liberty ships and served in the Coast Guard Reserve. Conrad's work ranged from postmaster in Danforth, an ambulance driver at Pineland Center, to a caseworker for food stamps for the Department of Human Services. He retired in the early 1980s to care for his ailing wife. Conrad loved music and had dancing bands since he was a teenager. He was a strong supporter of music in the schools and insisted that all his children play a musical instrument or sing. He is noted for writing the school's fight song while a student at Danforth High School. This song was sung by many throughout the decades. He was devoted to his Catholic faith. Wherever he lived he was an active participant in his parish. He sang in the choir at St. Anne's, Danforth, was a Eucharistic minister at St. Jude's, Freeport, and Sacred Heart, Auburn. He was a Knight of Columbus and a member of the Golden Age Group at Sacred Heart. He was known as the lollipop man at Sacred Heart because he always had a lollipop in his pocket to give a restive child. Conrad was predeceased by wife, Marguerite; son, David; and grandson, Adam. He is survived by his sons, Joseph and his wife, Wanda, of Mabank, Texas, Charles and his wife, Pamela, of Richmond and Conrad and his wife, Marie, of North Yarmouth; daughters, Julie and her husband, Joseph Beggs, of North Yarmouth, Joan of Wakefield, R.I., Suzanne of Durham, N.C., Annette of Auburn and Evangeline and her husband, Robert Giggey, of Durham, N.C.; 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian burial 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Sacred Heart Church, Auburn, where a reception will be afterward. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to East Grand High School Scholarship Fund, 31 Houlton Road, Danforth, ME 04424. Arrangements by Funeral Alternatives Group, Falmouth. Condolences may be expressed online at www.FuneralAlternatives.net.