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Elinor (Stout) Guenette
1932-2017
MADISON — Elinor Corinne (Strout) Guenette, 84, passed away March 9, 2017, at Somerset Rehabilitation & Living Center in Bingham surrounded by her family. She was born March 18, 1932, in Raymond, the daughter of Sumner and Evelyn (Plummer) Strout.
She was educated in Skowhegan schools. On Nov. 19, 1949, she married Gaston Edward Guenette in Skowhegan. She was employed by Redington-Fairview General Hospital in the cafeteria from 1980 to 2002, and earlier in her life as a weaver at Skowhegan Spinning mill from 1955 to the early 1970s when the mill closed. She was a member of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Skowhegan and after retirement she enjoyed being a homemaker.
Elli loved to watch and feed the birds, as well as gardening, flowers, sunsets and anything related to nature.
She is survived by her three children, Corinne Mathieu and husband, Ronald, of Canaan; Denice Harris and husband, Charles, of Lynbrook, New York; Stephen Guenette and wife, Peggy, of Madison; sister Connie Bush and husband, Donald, of East Raymond; six grandchildren, Shelley Corson and husband, Michael, of Madison, Ryan Worster of Fairfield, Jason Guenette and wife, Nicole, of Canaan, Amy (Guenette) Fortin and husband, Duane, of York, Emily Harris and partner, Craig Snell, of Dartmouth, Mass., and Charles Harris of Lynbrook, New York; five great-grandchildren, Melanie Guenette of Canaan, Alex Corson of Madison, Connor Fortin of York and Peyton and Austin Snell, both of Dartmouth, Mass.
She was predeceased by her parents, Sumner and Evelyn Strout; her husband, Gaston “Gus” Guenette, in 1976; and sister Shirley O’ Donal in 2015.
She had three caregivers, who she loved — Diane Hubert, Bonnie Devoe and Lori Campbell.
The family would like to thank all the special people at SRLC for the great care, consideration and compassion.
A graveside service will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Elinor’s memory should be sent to the Somerset Humane Society, PO Box 453, Skowhegan, Maine. 04976.
Arrangements were by Dan & Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Service, 445 Waterville Road, Skowhegan.
