In loving memory of
Jean-Paul Poulain
March 18, 1945 — April 24, 2007
Jean-Paul Poulain, a 62-year-old White male, was a well-known French cabaret singer in the Franco-American community of Augusta, Maine.
Remembering Jean-Paul
A life held close in memory
AUGUSTA -- Jean Paul Poulain, 62, of School Street died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at his home.
He was born in Augusta on March 18, 1945, a son of the late Lucien Edouard "Bobby" Poulain and Merilda Anna (Pare) Poulin.
He was a graduate of St. Augustine School and Cony High School. He attended the University of Maine in Orono and Portland. He graduated from Williams School of Banking, Williamstown, Mass., and Rutgers School of Banking in New Brunswick, N.J.
He began singing on stage with his father at the age of 5 and performed throughout his life for many local organizations throughout Maine, New England and French Canadian provinces. He was proud of his French heritage, which he expressed through his French repertoire of songs.
He was predeceased by his parents, Lucien and Merilda Poulain; two brothers, Joseph A. Poulin and Roland J. Poulin; and three sisters, M.J. Pauline Poulain, Doris Marie and Anne Marie Poulain.
He is survived by four brothers, Richard Poulin of East Winthrop, Raymond Poulin and Gerard Poulin of Augusta, and J. Alphonse Poulin of New York City; four sisters, Lucille Bolduc, Noella Poulin and Muriel Poulin, all of Augusta, and Jeanne Marie Clements of Belgrade; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
There will be no public visitation. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Northern Avenue, Augusta, with the Rev. Raymond Lagace officiating. Burial will be later this spring in Holy Family Cemetery in Augusta.
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