Cecile A. DeLisle

BENTON – Cecile A. DeLisle at the age of 99 years and seven months, passed from this world into the heavenly arms of Jesus on August 14, 2024, at 12:05 a.m. Finally, the end of pain for our beautiful mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.

Mom, the oldest of nine children in the LeClair family, had a good life. Oh, the stories she would tell of her upbringing, and how she would look after all her siblings. There were fun times and some very hard times, but Mom was such a trooper, handling any challenge that came her way.

In 1944, Cecile married our Dad, and life became an adventure. Traveling some, while dad was in the service, then settling back in Waterville and starting a family. They created a wonderful life together and their three children.

They spent many days at their camp on Snow Pond and enjoyed camping trips to Moosehead Lake with friends. Once dad purchased the farm on the Bangor Road in Benton, Mom and Dad worked very hard remodeling, and making that a home that many people will remember as “The Red Barn Farm.” Mom enjoyed being a homemaker, and always had a wonderful meal on the table morning, noon and night. She worked side by side with Dad in their chicken business, growing and selling some of the finest corn on the family roadside stand, and tending to their small farm.

Mom was still making her famous homemade bread at 90 years old, until she had to go into an assisted living home after several fractures from Osteoporosis. Otherwise very healthy, she stayed very busy and was remarkable in every way.

Many thanks to the caregivers at Lakewood in Waterville, for taking such good care of Mom. You did make a difference.

Mom was predeceased by her husband of 70 years Richard DeLisle; her parents Felix and Juliette LeClair; brothers Gaston and Donald; and sisters Pat and Priscilla.

She is survived by three daughters, Sandra and Robert Bucknam of Clinton, Diane and Marshall Demott of Naples, Florida and Rebecca and Rodney Therrien of Clinton; sisters Beverly and Joanne; brothers Roger and Richard LeClair; grandchildren Angela, Jennifer, Jacob, Jevon and Rick; great grandchildren; and great great grandchildren as well.

A Graveside Celebration of Mom’s life will be held on Friday, August 23, at 11 a.m., at Benton Falls Cemetery in Benton. A Celebration of Life will immediately follow at the VFW in Winslow.

Online condolences and memories can be shared at http://www.vrlfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Veilleux-Redington-Lawry Brothers, 8 Elm St., Waterville.