Denis "Dan" Cloutier

Largo, Florida - Denis R. "Dan" Cloutier, 68 , passed away on Friday, September 10, 2010 surrounded by his wife and children in Largo, Florida at the Suncoast Hospice after courageously battling cancer.

He was born in Auburn, December 18, 1941 the son of the late Willie and Victoria Genesse Cloutier. Dan served in the National Guard and worked for 25 years at Samson's Furniture Company in Lewiston retiring as co-owner. He married the former Jeanne Dubois on May 4, 1963.

He and his wife lived in Florida for the winter months since 2001. He was a member of St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Largo, Florida and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish at Sacred Heart Church in Auburn.

He is survived by his wife Jeanne of 47 years of Florida; two daughters, JoAnn Surette and husband Robert of Harrison and Judith Hartford and husband George of Auburn who they resided with in the summer; a son, Robert Cloutier and wife Mary Beth of Auburn; six grandchildren, Bobbi Jo and Nicole Surette, Cassandra Hartford, Victoria Cloutier and Robbie and Christopher Cloutier; two brothers, Fern Cloutier and wife Jeannette of Florida and Maurice Cloutier and wife Jean of Sabattus; three sisters, Dorothy Dube of Lewiston, his twin sister Denise Lamontagne and husband Maurice of Auburn and Jacqueline Bisson and husband Maurice of Lewiston.

He was predeceased by a brother Andre Cloutier.

You are invited to share your condolences and fond memories with the Cloutier family by visiting their guestbook at www.thefortingroupauburn.com.

Relatives and friends are invited to meet at The Fortin Group Funeral Home/ Auburn on Friday at 10:15 AM to process to Sacred Heart Church for an 11 AM Mass of Christian Burial followed at a committal service at St. Peter's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to the Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 819, Lewiston, ME 04243-0819. A service of The Fortin Group/Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 217 Turner St. Auburn, ME 783-8545