Jean Paul A. Cyr, 78

LEWES - Jean Paul A. Cyr of Lewes passed away Monday, March 26, 2007, in Harbor Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Lewes. He was 78.

Mr. Cyr was born Nov. 12, 1928, in Fort Kent, Maine, son of the late John O. and Edna (Daigle) Cyr. He was raised in Maine.

He was an electrical engineer who owned and operated Acquisitions Management, Inc.

He and his wife moved to Delaware in 1995.

Mr. Cyr was a member of St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son and a daughter-in-law, Jay Peter and Jeannie Cyr.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Doris E. (Langevin) Cyr; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Shawn Elizabeth and Stephen Riggin of Columbia, Md., Anne Moira and Michael Sanders of Georgetown and Deirdre Eileen Perini of Ashburn, Va.; two sons and two daughters-in-law, James Michael and Jennelle Cyr of Garner, N.C., and Dennis Padraic and Kathleen Cyr of Beltsville, Md.; 17 grandchildren and their spouses, Joseph and Jessica Sanders, Courtney Sanders, Sarah Sanders, Matthew Sanders, Emily Sanders, Stephen Paul Riggin, Brittany Riggin, Jason Riggin, Stephanie Perini, James Peter Cyr, Caitie Cyr, Mary Elizabeth Cyr, Kayla Cyr, Amanda Cyr, Olivia Isner, Savannah Isner and Erica Isner; two brothers, Renaud J. Cyr and his wife Pauline of Livermore Falls, Maine, and Roderick J. Cyr of East Hartford, Conn.; and a sister, Delores Levesque of Saco, Maine.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes.

Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Monday in St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church, Del. 1, north of Five Points, Lewes.

Burial will follow in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Alzheimer's Association, Delaware Chapter, 2306 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19805.