Norbert (Nobby) G. Michaud, 68 of Anson passed away on July 16, 2013 at the VA Hospice Unit in Augusta, Maine, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Saco, Maine on November 16, 1944, the second child of Wilfrid and Yvette (Lacroix) Michaud. Norbert attended schools in Kennebunk and Kezar Falls, Maine and Conway, New Hampshire. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict and Army National Guard with an honorable discharge. His employment included Norrwock Shoe Company, Quimby Veneer, Laverdiere’s Drug Store, Somerset County Sherriff’s Dept. as a reserve officer, State of Maine D.O.T., and twenty-two years for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a building maintenance specialist. Norbert loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He also enjoyed playing in a men’s baseball league, and his true passion was basketball. Norbert married Diana R. (Merry) Atwood of Anson, Maine on April 29, 1995. Norbert was predeceased by his parents, Joseph Wilfrid Michaud in 1954 and Yvette Marie Leonne (Lacroix) in 1996, several aunts and uncles and cousins. Surviving are his wife, Diana, and her daughter, Monica Bertone and her husband, Andrew Bertone, Jr., and their children, Hunter, Rachel, and Sage of Anson, his ex-wife Sandra (Ellis) Curtis of So. Berwick, Maine and their daughter, Michele Y. Haynes and husband Dan, and their son, Kenneth of Georgetown, Massachusetts, his sister Maxine L. Stanley of Skowhegan, two nephews: Chris Stanley and his wife, Ellen of Norridgewock; Michael Stanley and his wife, Verna of Skowhegan; several great nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles and cousins, his special friend, Bob Stanley, and other close friends and church members. Viewing hours will be held on Tuesday July 23, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave., Skowhegan, Maine. A funeral Service will be held on Wednesday July 24, 2013 at 3 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Malbons Mills Road, Skowhegan, with the Bishop Elon Firmage officiating. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave., Skowhegan, Maine. Donations may be made in Norbert’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, 383 US Route One, Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074