Armand Paul Thibodeau

Armand Paul Thibodeau died in Lewiston on September 4, 2026. He was 85. Born on May 9, 1941, raised among Franco-American manners that never needed a speech. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. He worked heat that could punish a careless minute. Earplugs hung on a nail by the door; he came home smelling of pulp and reliability. Colleagues still mention earplugs on a nail by the door. He married Yvonne in 1964. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a son and a daughter through public schools and ordinary weather. After Yvonne died in 2019, he kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember a rake leaned against a shared fence after a storm. He liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. He died in Lewiston, among streets he never needed to explain. The porch still expects a returning step.