Ouellette, Mildred Hope, 89, at Brunswick, December 31, 2009. A service of remembrance will be held May 15, 2010 at Bath United Methodist Church. Arrangements are in the care of Demers-Desmond Funeral Home, Brunswick.
Mildred (Harris) Ouellette, 89, died Thursday, December 31, 2009, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. She was surrounded by her children and family.
She was born August 30, 1920, in Washburn, Maine, the daughter of the late Irving and Annie (Anderson) Harris. She was one of seven children and attend Caribou High School.
Mildred shared 49 years of marriage with Romeo R. Ouellette who died in 1987. She worked for many years for the JJ Newberry store in Caribou and was a member of the Gray Memorial United Methodist Church. She lived most of her life in Caribou and most recently resided in Bath and was a member of the Bath United Methodist Church. Mildred was a woman of deep faith. She loved her family and they were the center of her life.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by three sons, Terry who died in 1965 and David and Robert who died in 1972.
She is survived by four children, Iving Ouellette and his wife, Brenda of Brunswick; Sandra Grant of Morton, Mass; Wayne Ouellette and his wife, Helen of Griswold, Conn.; and Douglas Ouellette of Glenburn. She has 11 grandchildren, Lisa Abbott of Belfast; Jonathan Ouellette of Bowdoinham; Rebecca Ouellette-Morton of Hinesberg, Vt.; Jeffery Grant of Dexter, N.H.; Steven Grant of Clinton, Mass.; Ryan Ouellette of LaCosta, Calif.; Marcie Sadowsky of Fallbrook, Calif.; Vanda Winakor of East Haddam, Conn., Thomas Ouellette of Meridan, Conn., Kelly Ouellette of Glenburn and Romeo Ouellette of Glenburn; 19 great-grandchildren, 22 nieces and nephews.
A service of remembrance will be held May 15, 2010 at Bath United Methodist Church. A private graveside service will be held at Evergreen Cemetery, Caribou, at the convenience of the family. Donations in her memory may be made to Bath United Methodist Church New Building Fund, 340 Oak Grove Ave., Bath, ME 04530. Arrangements are being handled by Demers-Desmond Funeral Home, 34 Cushing St., Brunswick.
