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PostHeaderIcon PAUL EDWARD LEMERIS of AMHERST, MA, November 25, 1919 – December 19, 2013

AMHERST, Paul E. Lemeris, 94, died on Dec. 19, 2013 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He was born on Nov. 25, 1919 in Cavendish, VT, the fourth child of Amos E. and Grace G. Lemeris. In 1923 the family moved to Penacook, NH, where Paul attended the local schools for 12 years, graduating from Penacook High School in 1937.

Shortly after the attack on Peal Harbor, he was drafted into the US Army, inducted at Fort Devens, MA, on Jan 12, 1942. He rose quickly through the enlisted ranks, attaining the rank of master Sergeant on Mar. 2, 1943. On May 31, 1943, he was appointed to the rank of Warrant Officer (JG). After serving in various Army installations within the continental US, he was sent to Europe in Oct. 1944 as the Personnel Officer for the 151st Engineer Combat Bn. He served with a variety of units in England, France, Germany, Korea, and Japan, and was retired after 20 years’ active service at Fort Meade, MD, on Feb. 28, 1962. Citations awarded included the French Croix de Guerre, Army Commendation Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and several theater service medals. He was always proud of his service in the Army.

Upon retirement, the family moved to Scituate, MA – bought a home there- and Paul obtained employment in Boston at the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company. In 1968, he was appointed as a Staff Assistant in the Department of Zoology, UMass, a position he held until he retired in Dec. 1986. The family moved to Amherst in 1968.

Besides his family, Paul had two loves – music and tennis. He played tennis often while in the Army, and continued to enjoy the sport in Amherst. He enjoyed many sports, including skiing, skating, swimming, plus tennis. As a child, he learned to play the harmonica, and after High School joined a local Drum and Bugle Corps as a snare drummer. After moving to Amherst, he bought his first full set of drums, and practiced long and loud in the basement of their home. He was one of the original founders of the Horse Mountain Jazz Band, who played their first gig at UMass in 1988, and are still active in the Valley.

He is predeceased by his wife Ann (Butler), who died in Mar. 2003. He is survived by one sister, Ruth Wax of Ogunquit, ME; three wonderful daughters: Terry Borst of Portland, OR; Molly Lemeris of Croton-on-Hudson, NY; and Sally Morton of Richmond, NH, plus six grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held in April. Donations in memory of Paul Lemeris can be made to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. 758517, Topeka, Kansas, 66675, woundedwarriorproject.org. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com.

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