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Arthur Poulin Obituary

Arthur William Poulin Arthur W. Poulin passed on peacefully Sept. 21, 2006 at almost 90 years of age. He graduated from Polytech High School in S.F. as president of his class in 1934. He graduated from U.C. Berkeley and went on to serve his country during WWII in the Pacific as a Marine Captain (1941-46). He walked across the Golden Gate Bridge the first day it opened and also attended the SF Opera on opening day, working as an usher. He was an avid attendee of the S.F. Symphony and the S.F. Ballet. He was a wonderful cook, a gracious host with an open, positive attitude. He was also an avid reader of serious literature. Survived by his daughter, Noel Kelton and his son, Father Arthur Poulin and his grandson Theodore Arthur Bollmann. WE MISS YOU, POP! Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Saturday, October 28 at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. (at Brotherhood Way), San Francisco.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 22, 2006.

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October 23, 2006

Sorry we can't be with you but our thoughts will be there.

Love to all of you,
Bob and Judy

Myron (Sig) SIgaty

October 22, 2006

Art was a true gentleman. A person you are glad you knew.
May he "REST IN PEACE!"

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