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Bar News - December 14, 2001 In Memoriam - Maurice E. Lemelin MAURICE E. LEMELIN, a 50-year Bar member and World War II veteran, died Nov. 14 in a Florida nursing home after a long illness. He was 82. Born June 16, 1919, in Rochester, NH, Lemelin attended Georgetown University before joining the U.S. Army during World War II. He was discharged in 1945 and, under the GI Bill, attended Boston University Law School, earning his law degree in 1950. He was admitted to the NH Bar Association in January 1951. He returned to Boston University to get a Master of Laws in taxation, which he received in 1962. Lemelin practiced law for 25 years in NH before retiring due to illness in 1976. He began his career in practice with his brother, Emile. Together they opened a Manchester law firm, a general practice where Maurice did a lot of probate and real estate work, divorces and wills. Lemelin continued to run the firm as a solo practitioner for several years after Emile was appointed a probate judge and left the practice. In 1957, attorney Armand P. Capistran, now a retired district court judge, joined Lemelin in his Manchester law firm, forming Lemelin and Capistran. There Lemelin’s practice continued to focus on probate and real estate work. Capistran described Lemelin as a "very intelligent fellow." After Capistran was appointed to the bench in 1970, attorney Raymond Cloutier, now a probate court judge, became associated with Lemelin. The two worked together until Lemelin’s retirement in 1976. While practicing in NH, Lemelin also served as director of St. Mary’s Bank, Manchester. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Manchester Bar Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge 146 in Manchester. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Denyse Lemelin of Port Charlotte, Fla.; a sister, Emilienne Lemelin Biron of San Francisco, Calif.; a brother, Oscar Lemelin of Bedford; and several nieces and nephews. In memory of our colleague Maurice E. Lemelin, the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Board of Governors has contributed to the New Hampshire Bar Foundation, 112 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301.
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