WATERVILLE – Judith E. Couture, 85, passed away at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Friday, May 10, 2024, with her daughter by her side.

Judith was born in Augusta on Dec. 12, 1938, to her parents Earl and Laura (LaCroix) Traynor. She attended and graduated from Waterville Senior High School in the class of 1956.

Judith worked for W. B. Arnold Co. as a cashier, switchboard operator, and an office assistant. She then worked under Dr. Louis G. Rancourt, D. M. J., doing office work and as his assistant. She was a devoted Catholic and was a member of the Parish of the Holy Spirit.

She married her loving husband, Eugene Couture in 1966, and later had a daughter, Michelle Couture. Her husband and daughter were the most important people to her, and she devoted her life to them. Judith loved music and playing piano, as well as cooking, shopping, and visiting the coast.

She was predeceased by her parents; her loving husband; and her brother, Paul B. Traynor.

She is survived by her daughter, Michelle Couture; her brother, Ronald Earl Traynor and wife Rosemarie of Tolland, Conn., several brothers- and sisters-in-law; her cousins Linda Bean, Carol Bernier, Vickie Oliver and husband Tom, Lynn Rodrigue and husband Norman, Sandra Matthews, Alden Wheeler and wife Carol, and Keith Wheeler; and her nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, May 28 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Gallant Funeral Home, 10 Elm St., Waterville. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 29 at 10 a.m. at Notre Dame Catholic Church, 116 Silver St., Waterville, followed by a burial at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, 78 Grove St., Waterville.

An online guestbook may be signed, condolences and memories shared at http://www.gallantfh.com.