Roland Leonard Viens

Roland Leonard Viens, 74, of Homosassa, FL, passed away on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida. Roland was born on April 24, 1947 in Colchester, Vermont to Paul and Grace (Niquette) Viens and raised there, one of two children. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from the University of Vermont, Class of 1970. He and his uncle Paul built a beautiful campground in South Hero, Vermont from 1970 to 1973. In the spring of 1973, he was offered a position as a production engineer at Crown Vantage Paper Company in Berlin, New Hampshire where he was employed until the late 1990’s. About 2002, he was hired as a Superintendent of Berlin Water Works, where he retired from in 2015. His passion from his very young years was deer hunting. His father Paul took him on hunting trips with him and taught him how to hunt, as well as some of his aunts to would take him with them. Before and after retirement, he and his wife Cindy would take month long road trips to places like Kansas, Oklahoma, New York, Missouri and Kentucky for deer hunting excursions. Roland would hunt while Cindy made quilts and visited the local fabric shops. He started scuba diving as a teenager in high school, and spent his hours as a youth, scuba diving in Niquette’s Bay and around islands of Lake Champlain. During the later years he still dove the lake, but also enjoyed diving places in Florida such as springs and the Gulf. A perfect day for Roland would be getting up EARLY at the Vermont house and having his first cup of coffee. Then he would take his daughter Andrea, son-in-law Charles and grandsons Wilder and Cameron (who he called the Goobers) onto the lake for a day of fishing and swimming. Later in the day, he enjoyed having a barbequed meal at the house at dinnertime, then setting out on the front porch to enjoy the breezes and sounds of the Lake with family. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Cindy; daughter Andrea (husband Charles) and grandsons Wilder and Cameron, all of Fairfield, Vermont; son George of New Hampshire and grandsons, Kaleb, Dalton and Connor; stepson Matthew Boucher of Shelburne, New Hampshire; brother Daniel (wife Cindy) of South Hero, Vermont, as well as nieces Alexandra, Danielle and Kirsty. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Fri., Nov. 19, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Homosassa, Florida with Msgr. Joseph Sobiesiak, Celebrant. Further services and interment will take place in Roland’s native Vermont at a later date. Wilder Funeral Home, Homosassa, Florida. www.wilderfuneral.com