Marie A. Pelotte

WINSLOW – Marie A. Pelotte, 100, of Winslow, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 at Oak Grove Center.

She was born in Fort Kent on May 17, 1923, the first daughter born to Alphie Hebert and Isabelle (Dufour) Hebert.

Marie loved fishing and hunting. She loved foraging for berries and fiddleheads and she excelled at Beano and gambling and she always won. She loved and adored her family and couldn’t wait to get her hands on the “babies” that would emerge throughout the years in her family. She was kind and loving and enjoyed spending her summers at Moosehead Lake having fish frys.

Marie was a homemaker and also worked for prominent families in the community. She also assisted with child rearing for these families. She love to cross stitch and make quilts. Many of her quilts were donated to the Waterville Homeless Shelter, and were known as Memere’s blankets. She kept busy in her earlier years with frequent garage sales and getting a bargain anywhere she could.

Marie was predeceased by her husband, Adelard J. Pelotte; her parents; her two children, infant son, baby Gerald and daughter, Elena Giroux; several brothers and sisters; her granddaughter, Tina Pelotte Libby; and great-grandson, Joseph W. Violette II.

Marie leaves behind a son, Thomas Pelotte (Claire) of Benton; granddaughter, Kathy Violette of Winslow, with whom she made her home, and four more grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; her brother, Robert Hebert of California and her sister, Jane Poulin, (Charles) of Waterville; and several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank Oak Grove Center of Waterville and Beacon Hospice of Augusta for the excellent care and compassion they have shown to Marie and her family during her stay.

Visiting hours will be held on Monday, Oct. 23 at Veilleux and Redington Funeral Home from 2 to 4 p.m., 8 Elm St. in Waterville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 11:30 a.m. at St. John Church in Winslow, followed by burial at Saint Francis Cemetery on Grove Street, in Waterville.