Louis Joseph

Poulin Jr.

On October 10, 2026, Louis Joseph Poulin Jr of Ocala, Florida, passed away peacefully at Cornerstone Hospice. Born February 26, 1946 in Augusta Maine, he was the son of the late Louis Joseph Poulin and Thelma Frances Gammon.

Louis graduated from Halldale High School in 1964 and over the years earned two years of college credit. Louis proudly served his country in the United States Army and retired after 22 years of service. He and his family lived all over the world to include: Hawaii, South Korea and Germany. From his years in the military, he developed a sense of duty and responsibility that his family and friends appreciated as they turned to him for advice, help and reassurance throughout his life. After the military, he ran an insurance business in a suburb of Seattle, Washington for nearly two decades before retiring a second and final time.

He loved his family and friends above all. He was a wonderful husband to wife, Patricia Ann Cyr Poulin and father to son, Louis Joseph Poulin III. When his son was young, the family camped in the northwest and spent time at their condo in Lake Chelan, Washington. When their son was in college, the family visited him at his fraternity in Tucson, Arizona, cheered at PAC 10 football games and played lots of golf.

He was welcoming to family and friends. While in the military, many friends who had no family with them were invited to dinner and to spend the day. An excellent cook, he barbecued hundreds of ribs, steaks and hamburgers at neighborhood gatherings and helped to roast a pig at two Hawaiian luaus.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia, and son, Louis, two sisters, Patricia Pottle and Carlene Vittetoe, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends. He was predeceased by his son Frederick Louis Poulin and sisters, Lorraine Aldrich, Jackie Pierce and Jean Rines.

Louis enjoyed woodworking and had almost every tool there was in his workshop. His favorite sport was golf. He won several tournaments, scored four holes in one and made many longtime friends playing golf all over the world. Known to his golf friends as “Sweet Lou”, he had a vibrant personality and great sense of humor that his friends and family appreciated. He had a love for athletics from the time he was in Little League to high school baseball and basketball to Army golf and baseball. He also had a special spot for German Shepherd dogs and had one or two at all times for the past 58 years.

Louis was a communicant of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church at the time of his passing. In his very early years he served as an altar boy at Sacred Heart Parish in Hallowell, Maine and later with his wife, Patricia, volunteered for Marriage Encounter in the Seattle area.

There will be a memorial mass on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Belleview, Florida. He will be interred at the Maine VA Cemetery in Augusta, Maine.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his memory to the Wounded Warrior Project or St. Theresa’s Catholic Church Soup Kitchen in Belleview Florida.

Arrangements for cremation and transport to Maine to be interred has been entrusted to Baldwin Brothers’ Funeral and Cremation Services, Ocala Florida.