ERNEST O. LEMIRE - Cumberland 01:00 AM EST on Saturday, November 20, 2004 ERNEST O. LEMIRE, 49, of Diamond Hill Road, a former insurance company assistant controller, died yesterday at home after an illness. He was the husband of Laura (Hird) Lemire. Born in Pawtucket, the son of Ernest Lemire of Central Falls, and the late Theresa (Bessette) Lemire, and the stepson of Maureen Lemire of Central Falls, he had lived in Central Falls before moving to Cumberland 19 years ago. Mr. Lemire had been the assistant controller at the former CGU Insurance Corp., now Aviva Insurace, North Quincy, Mass., for 18 years before leaving because of illness. He was a 1973 graduate of Central Falls High School, and had received a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business from Providence College. He also received a CMA from Certified Management Accountants Corp., and attained a certified-life underwriting designation. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed traveling. Besides his wife, father and stepmother, he leaves three sons, Thomas and David Lemire, and Timothy Miller, all of Cumberland. The funeral will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from J.J. Duffy Funeral Home, 757 Mendon Rd., with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in St. Aidan Church, Diamond Hill Road. Burial will follow in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.