JOHN F. ST. CYR

ST. CYR, John F. Of Norton, formerly of Orleans and Millis, died on January 27, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline (Teillon) St. Cyr, with whom he shared 65 years of marriage. John was born on January 8, 1936, in North Adams, Massachusetts, to George and Anne St. Cyr. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in that city in 1953, from the College of the Holy Cross in 1957, and from Georgetown Law Center in 1963. He lived in Maryland and taught at Bullis Prep and Georgetown Prep while attending law school and returned to Massachusetts after graduation. He practiced law in Millis and served as Town Counsel to Millis and Medfield. In 1964, he was appointed as a legal assistant in the office of then Attorney General Edward W. Brooke. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1967 and served the 12th Norfolk District in that capacity until his appointment by Governor Sargeant as a District Court Judge in 1972. He served as Special Justice and Presiding Justice in the Wrentham District Court until his retirement in 1997. Upon his retirement, John and Jackie moved to Orleans and then to Norton in 2011. John is survived by six children, Geoffrey St. Cyr and his late wife Kathy of Norwood, Gregory St. Cyr and his wife Lisa of Walpole, Jeanine Murray and her husband Andrew of Amesbury, John M. St. Cyr and his wife Jill of Franklin, Jennifer St. Cyr of Cranston, RI, and Joel St. Cyr and his wife Jennifer of Norfolk; fourteen grandchildren, Jamie and her husband Michael, Scott and his wife Caitlin, Jill and her husband Kevin, Katie, Melania, Matthew, Samantha, Mackenzie, Tatum, Riley, Noah, Tianna, Eva, and Joel; and three great-grandchildren, Kyle, Kole, and Corinne. Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Cross Church, 225 Purchase Street, Easton, on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Newland Cemetery, Norton. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Holy Cross Church, in Easton. Arrangements are by Kane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, EASTON. For directions or condolences, visit www.kanefuneralhome.com