Juliet “Judy” C. Ferris

WATERVILLE – Juliet “Judy” Ferris passed in peace on Thursday Dec. 9, 2021 at Oak Grove Nursing Home at the age of 95.

She was born on August 30, 1926 in North Vassalboro to Thomas Bolos Ferris and Catherine “Katina” Ferris.

She is predeceased by her parents; her brother, Deeb David Ferris and her sister-in-law, Sumayah Nawfel Ferris, sisters Dale Ferris, Emmeline Wells, Faith Ferris; and two nephews, Paul Anthony Ferris and Thomas David Ferris.

She is survived by many nieces and nephews throughout the U.S. and locally, including Maria Ferris Bouchard and her husband Frank Bouchard, Allison Ferris Crate and her husband Stephen, Richard Ferris, and Catherine Berryman.

She will be remembered as a caring nursery school teacher for the Holy Childhood Nursery School that she ran for many years with her sister, Dale Ferris. Many generations of young students in the greater Waterville area obtained an early foundation to God and life from her guidance and care.

She was a faithful parishioner at Corpus Christie Parish and attended St Bridget’s Church in North Vassalboro. She was great friends with Father Jim Roy whom she visited with her sister, Dale, in Kenya Africa. It was a trip of a lifetime she and Dale took in July of 1980 when they visited London, Paris and Rome before arriving at the Maryknoll Mission in Mombasa, Kenya. Special thanks to her dear friend, Franny Brown for overseeing her care for many years.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday Dec. 18 at Notre Dame Catholic Church, 116 Silver St. in Waterville. Internment of the ashes will be held in the spring of 2022 in the North Vassalboro Village Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction and care of Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm St., Waterville. An online guestbook may be signed, condolences and memories shared at http://www.gallantfh.com.