Rene J. Richard

WINTERPORT -- Rene J. Richard, 86, died on March 19, 2012 in Winterport. He was formerly of Mexico and Eustis.

Born in Fitchburg, MA on April 18, 1925, he was a son of Dennis and Regina (Thibodeau) Richard. He attended school in Massachusetts. He worked for Oxford Paper Company in Rumford as a helper on the digesters.

Rene was married in Fitchburg, MA on March 8, 1943 to Gladys Martin, who died in Bangor on January 9, 2000.

Survivors include two sons, Gary Richard and his wife, Linda of Carmel, and Rene Richard and his companion, Rebecca Huntsinger of Conyers, GA; a daughter, Crystal Marston and her husband, Eric of Roxbury; a grandson, Scott Richard of Studio City, CA; and three sisters, Yvonne Rivard and her husband, Joseph, Dorothy Beliveau of Fitchburg, MA and Loretta Fortier of Gardiner, MA.