Michael Steven Asselin

After a period of failing health, Michael Steven Asselin passed away on January 13, 2020, in Rochester, NH. Michael was born on October 24,1951, in Lewiston, ME, the middle child of five siblings. He attended school nearby at Edward Little High School in Auburn, and along with his older brother Peter, developed an interest in the music and performers of the times. Chief among them: The Beatles. He grew up in a family of vast musical talent, became an accomplished drummer, and played in many bands over his life. Behind his drum set, Michael and his band mates-at times including his sister Luisa; a beautiful singer-entertained many a crowd at Springbrook Country Club in Leeds, ME. It was here that he first met Cindy Snow, whom he married in 1979. Michael and Cindy had two sons: Christopher, born in 1982, and Benjamin, born in 1986. Michael's work life started early, at the original Sam's Italian Foods on Main St. in Lewiston. In the days when the line for an Italian sandwich stretched around the block,...