BIDDEFORD — Henry Amie Tartre, of Biddeford died on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough.

He was born on March 23, 1932, to Joseph Andrew and Marie Jeanne (Casavant) Tartre in Waterville. He grew up in Augusta, attended St. Augustine elementary school and graduated from Cony High School in 1950, where he was an excellent track and field athlete. He set the state record and won the indoor Class A State Championship for high jump in his senior year. He attended the University of Maine in Orono, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business in 1957.  

He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, or OSI, during the Korean conflict. He was stationed in France during much of the conflict to take full advantage of his fluent French speaking abilities. When he returned to Maine, he began his business career and traveled to all corners of the state as an insurance salesman for the Royal Globe Insurance Co. He moved his family to Biddeford in 1964, and was a partner and eventually became president of Paquin & Carroll, Inc. Insurance Company (now P&C Insurance) until his retirement in 1986. He was a past president of the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club. He also served on the board of trustees of St. Francis College (now University of New England).

Henry had 4 children with his former wife, Mary Ann, and is survived by: two sons, J. Andrew Tartre II and his wife, Kathleen of Saco and their children, J. Andrew III and Ayla, Stephen Tartre and his wife, Sally of Kennebunk and their children, Sierra, Samuel and Amelia; and by two daughters, Meg Tartre of Dayton and Ann Tartre of Encinitas, California. He immensely enjoyed his five grandchildren and summer days spent at his camp on Bonny Eagle Pond in Buxton. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be 4-7 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016, at Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME  04005. A graveside service will be celebrated at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, 163 Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta, ME 04330. Donations in Henry’s name can be made to the Maine Veterans’ Home at 290 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074 or aplacetostart.org. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel. To share condolences on line, please visit HopeMemorial.com.