Roger Marcel Marcoux Sr.

ROGER MARCEL MARCOUX SR. HYDE PARK - Roger Marcel Marcoux Sr., 75, died peacefully on Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Copley Hospital after a well-fought battle with brain cancer. He was surrounded in his final days by his loving family. Roger was born on April 4, 1934, in Hyde Park, to Adelard Joseph Marcoux and Mary Jane (Fredette) Marcoux, the youngest of nine brothers and four sisters. At the age of eight, he became an altar service at Sunday Mass, beginning what was to become a lifelong devotion of service to St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Roger proudly graduated from Lamoille Central Academy in 1952. In July 1952, Roger enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving stateside during the Korean War. Upon his discharge as Airman 1st Class, he returned to Vermont, and while serving his country four more years in the Reserves, worked on the family farm and at various other local jobs. In 1960, while continuing to work several jobs simultaneously, Roger started his own family and his own farm, sharing that love of farming and working all hours of the day with his young children. Roger loved Hyde Park, and was therefore especially proud to have been able to know and serve the town as Postmaster from 1972-1992. Retiring in 1992, after 26 years of service, Roger continued to find work doing the things he loved - working in the hayfield, cutting wood, driving the flatbed for Marcoux's Wrecker Service, and generally doing anything he could to spend time outside with his sons. Roger married Peg (Roca) Marcoux on June 15, 2002, and just felt very blessed to have this loving woman by his side. He also felt blessed to have raised a family with the mother of his children, Cecile T. Marcoux: Roger Marcoux Jr. wife Siri, Adele and Myles; Claude Marcoux, wife Laurie, Jacques and Chantal; Mimi (Micheline) Marcoux, husband Brent Homes, Kendall, Kody and Kaden; Francois Marcoux, wife Debra, Lucas and Emily. The family lost their dear son and brother Jacques in 1978, and are greatly comforted by knowing father and son are once again reunited. Roger is also survived by his "second" family: brother, best friend and musical partner Rene Marcoux, with whom Roger played and sang music for St. Teresa for over 31 years; Rene's wife Monique, their children Denise, Diane, Pierre, Francine, Gisele and Lisa, their spouses and children. Roger also leaves two brothers, Raymond Marcoux of Hyde Park, and Art Marcoux of Kansas. Calling hours will be at White-Fiess Funeral Home in Morrisville on Sunday, June 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Hyde Park at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 22. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to: St. Teresa's Organ Fund, c/o Debra Marcoux, 804 Battle Row Road, Hyde Park, VT 05655.