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Doris Virginia Ouellette
1926 — 2017
RUMFORD — Doris Virginia Ouellette, 90, of Livermore Falls, passed away May 30 at Rumford Community Hospital. She was born Nov. 18, 1926, the youngest daughter of Raoul and Delvina (Cote) Duguay; she grew up on Church Street in Chisholm, the youngest of six children — Armand, Dinora, Amedee, Adelard “Duds” and Jeanette.
Doris was a 1945 graduate of Jay High School. She married World War II veteran Percy Denis Ouellette April 22, 1946; he died in 2015 after 69 years of marriage. Doris learned to sing by listening to the electric piano tune and from words written beside each note being played. Her love for music remained, and she was in chorus all through Jay grammar and high schools as well as at St. Rose Catholic Church. Finding a great privilege in the service of God, she was a member of St. Rose of Lima Church, served as a lector, Eucharistic minister, hospitality greeter, collection processor, bulletin stuffer and a member of weekend choir, funeral service choir and ecumenical choir.
Doris was a life member of the Daughters of Isabella Circle 677 and life member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, V.F.W. Post 3335. She enjoyed following her husband with his duties in the Knights of Columbus St. Rose of Lima Council 320 and also V.F.W. Post 3335. In 1995, she served as secretary for five years for the Jay-Livermore Falls Senior Citizens and was chairman three years for the American Heart Association. She was also an American Cancer Society Volunteer.
In later years her hobby was raising African violets and playing the Skip-Bo card game. She is remembered for her excellent baked goods — especially her cookies — and journaling.
Doris is survived by two daughters, Emily Fauk and husband Mark of Newnan, Ga., and Helen Hobbs and husband Michael of Jay; three grandchildren, Vanessa and Joseph Todhunter III, Nathan Fauk and wife Brittany, and Brandon Hobbs and wife Jennifer; step grandsons, Garrett and Simon Dolbec; one great-grandson, Cameron Todhunter, and five great-granddaughters — Abriana and Alana Todhunter, Haley and Casey-Jo Fauk, and Charlotte Hobb; brother-in-law, Adrien Ouellette and wife Barbara of New Hampshire; two nephews, David Labbe and wife Debbie of Jay and Donald Labbe of Livermore; and a niece, Joan Duguay Hyland of Tennessee. She was predeceased by her siblings — Armand, Dinora, Amedee and Adelard Duguay, and Jeannette Labbe.
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