Roger Quirion

Roger E. Quirion, 83, of Sanford died in Sanford on October 11, 2014.Roger was born on February 4, 1931 to Emile and Maria (Couture) Quirion in Sanford where he grew up and attended local schools, graduation from Sanford High School in 1949. In 1952 he married Rejean Jacobs and together they raised four children and shared 47 years of marriage until her death in 1999. In 2001 he married Mary Finn and together they enjoyed traveling and shared 13 years of marriage.Music was a very important part of Roger's life. He joined the St. Ignatius Drum and Bugle Corps at the age of nine. He went on to play the trumpet in The Sanford High School Band. In 1949 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was accepted as a member of the newly formed USAF Drum and Bugle Corps after completing basic training. Roger lived in Washington, D.C. during his years in the military and was fortunate to be able to travel the globe with the drum and Bugle corps, performing in Tokyo, Japan, Berlin, Germany and everywhere in between. He returned to Sanford after serving for eight years in the military, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. Roger took over the Sanford Dairy Queen from his parents in 1959 which he owned and operated for 23 years. In 1976 he started playing the trumpet in the Sanford Community Band and in 1989 he joined the Strafford County Wind Symphony in Rochester. Roger was a collector of jazz music videos, cassettes, CDs and vinyl. He also collected coins, volunteered as a driver for Meals on Wheels for many years and drove a school bus in Sanford for more than 30 years. He will be remembered as a loving and devoted, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and will be dearly missed by his family and friends.Roger was predeceased by his first wife, Rejean Quirion, his brother, Charles Quirion and his sister-in-law, Annette Quirion.Surviving are his loving wife, Mary Finn Quirion of Sanford; one son, Kenneth Quirion and his wife Kerry of Sanford; three daughters, Kathy Drown and her husband Bob of Webster, New Hampshire, Cecile Martineau and her husband Raymond of Sanford, Maine and Texas and R. Doreen Jacobs of Shapleigh, Maine; four step-children, Deborah Conte of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Roy (Bill) Danis and his wife Nancy of Dayton, Maine, Michael Danis of Lyman, Maine and James Danis and his wife Beth of Epping, New Hampshire; six grandchildren, Adele Doyle of Waltham, Massachusetts, Daniel Martineau and his wife Wendy of Sanford, David Martineau and his wife Whitney of San Antonio, Texas, Kaitlyn Quirion of North Berwick, Cory Quirion of Portsmouth, Virginia and Robert (Jake) Drown and his wife Valerie of Webster, New Hampshire; four step-grandchildren, Melisa Danis of Dayton, Ryan Danis of Waterboro, Malinda Danis of Raymond, New Hampshire and Melissa Long and her husband Josh of Epping, New Hampshire; seven great-grandchildren and two step great-grandchildren.Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 14th at the Lafrance-Lambert & Black Funeral Home located at 29 Winter Street in Sanford. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, October 15th St. Therse of Lisieux Parish, Holy Family Church, located on North Avenue in Sanford. Interment with military honors will be at the Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery located on Stanley Road in Springvale.Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the SMAA, Meals on Wheels, 136 US Route 1, Scarborough ME 04074 or the Alzheimer's Association, 383 US Route 1, Suite 2c, Scarborough, Maine 04074.Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale.To leave a message of condolence for the family please click on the condolences tab to the left.